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Originally Posted by baddog
Cold hard facts [as you like to describe them] do not include "if."
I believe you have proven the validity of my dad's observation.
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Actually, cold hard facts most certainly can include conditionals. In fact, since the hardest facts are mathematical and logical ones, and conditionals are a part of formal logic, you statement literally couldn't be any further from the truth.
But that's beside the point here, since the graph isn't the article.
It's merely an illustration that shows how, given both current health care expenses and current life expectancies for smokers and non-smokers, a group of smokers would end up costing less in the long run.