alan1
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technically you didn't. technically you just showed people dying faster means they spend less money on healthcare than people with twice the lifespan. you didn't show burden, which would be indicated by people taxing the rest of society more because they can't pick up the health care costs themselves. Now, which group skimps out on their bill the most? Compare that group to the group most likely to smoke?
Socio-economic differences in smoking
http://www.americanlegacy.org/PDFPublications/Socio-Economic_Status_and_Smoking_Fact_Sheet.pdf
Working Class Matters: Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Smoking in NHIS 2000
It's a 7 year difference in lifespan. Did you read the article, or are just trying to pick a fight?