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Re:Life Expectancy in Europe Compared to the US by wk_end on Friday June 27, 2025 @08:51AM (#44396417)
I don’t think your link is showing what you want it to show - it’s showing costs, but not necessarily any sort of counterfactual delta AFAICT.

There’s been a number of studies on this, and they do seem to suggest that overall smoking saves society money. E.g. here’s one from Finland

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/2/6/e001678

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