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[–] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

One of my relatives worked for his provincial government health care department some years ago. He told me once that smokers gave the biggest contribution to the health care system because although they tended to be expensive in the last five years or so of their lives, they usually died young enough that they used less money than they put in.

So if they really wanted to save money, they would encourage us to take up smoking tobacco again.