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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The problem is that they get cancer and then run to the government for help.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

100%. Big reason why cigarettes should be banned as well. You can say people are allowed to make their own choices, but it's the healthcare system that ends up overloaded. Other people are dying for their choices because they take up a bed in the cancer ward 20 years earlier then they should.

Can't imagine them banning bacon though.

[–] bollybing@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

So the funny thing is that smokers are typically less strain on the healthcare system because they tend to die young.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

This goes against everything I've been told tbh. I can kind of see it, because of how pensions work, but idk.

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

They're certainly not dying 'happy'.