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Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

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[–] jonne@infosec.pub 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tax revenue that you'll have to plow right back into the health care system to treat expensive lung cancers. But hey, that's only 20 years down the line, so you look good now.

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

I'm not sure about how accurate it is, but I read something a while back about it being the opposite in canada. You don't spend more on smokers because they don't live long enough to get to the really expensive part.

This is just a foggy memory so I'm definitely open to being corrected.