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Re:Medicaid Could Save $2.6B Within a Year If Just 1% of Rec... by lostlogin on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @02:55PM (#36867565)
In New Zealand we tax tobacco heavily. It is thought that smokers save the government money - they pay a lot of tax and die early.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/smokers-save-govt-cash-says-re...

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Re:Medicaid Could Save $2.6B Within a Year If Just 1% of Rec... by dingi on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @11:15AM (#36879096)
This is true for my country as well. Govt taxes cigarettes around 1000%. I'm not kidding, that's a thousand percent tax. Our govt essentially runs on smokers and drinkers tax money.
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