On Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:11:31 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Sat, 08 Jan 2011 06:04:28 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

if everybody quits, do you think the gvnmt will cut the billions they
recieve in taxes from their budgets or just find someone or something else
to tax?
be careful what you wish forg

Do you honestly think that the taxes brought in from tobacco sales
outweigh the massive healthcare debt brought on by sick smokers?


Actually...yes. Only 20% of smokers have medical issues related to
smoking. Yet 100% of smokers pay into the system in very big big ways.

Got any hard figures to go with that? I figured that if ten bucks per
carton went to taxes, the average 2-pack/day smoker would contribute
$730/yr for those 73 cartons. After 20 years, that's $14,600.

How much does a full diagnostic workup for cancer cost?
How much to treat emphysema?

How much does a lung resection/removal cost?
http://healthcarebluebook.com/page_R...=45&dataset=MD
Oops, you just blew THIRTY FIVE YEARS of tax payments, not including
R&R time.

How much does chemo cost?
Throat/mouth cancer treatments?

I think you're wishing here, mon. BTW, Federal taxes are only
$6.16/carton.

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