Originally Posted by Libertine

Hi there.

Smoking costs billions in healthcare every year. True. Smoking also brings in billions in taxes every year. Next to that, it also saves billions in pensions and such every year - smokers, on average, live 7 years less than non-smokers, and thereby, on average, die a lot closer to retirement age. Finally, it even saves billions in healthcare costs every year - the smokers who die from lungcancer tend not to need much healthcare after that.

And look at over-population. Not only do smokers die younger, smoking also decreases fertility, thus making us smokers less likely to bring yet more polluting human beings in the world.

In short, smoking makes the world a better place