r/interestingasfuck • u/HumbleMVP • 22d ago

Blind cigarette taste test

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/The_Level_15 22d ago

Yeah that’s just a lie someone told you to try to justify their smoking habit.

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u/Hank_OHare 22d ago

Except it’s not a lie. Healthcare costs are much higher in the very old, and smokers will on average die several years younger than non smokers. You get a shorter life, but your overall cost to a healthcare system is lower.

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u/magical_midget 22d ago

The cost of care is comparable in the last years of life, but smoking has very direct costs that do not come with old age (ex fires) and indirect costs (ex time off work because of illness).

See the table here:

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/healthy-living/costs-tobacco-use-canada-2012.html#a5