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					Originally Posted by  pigman
					 
				 
				The taxes doesn't even cover the cost of health care the cigarettes cause. 
			
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 This has been debunked so many times it's tedious to even type this.
Society makes a net PROFIT on smokers and health care - smokers (on average) die earlier, so a majority of them aren't around for the most expensive years of their lives in terms of health care.