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Pastimes : THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (11235)4/28/2002 7:41:31 PM
From: J. C. Dithers  Read Replies (2) of 21057
 
I wouldn't know

Maybe you should. It's coming out of your pocket.

Economic Impact

Direct medical costs associated with smoking are around $50
billion a year.1
Productivity and lost earnings because of smoking-related
disease and premature deaths cost an additional $50 billion a
year.2
It is estimated that Medicare will spend $800 billion over the next
20 years caring for people with smoking-related illnesses.3
The most recent analysis by Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention shows that in 1993 approximately $2.06 was spent on
medical care attributable to smoking for each of the 24 billion
packs of cigarettes sold.4
Smoking cost every man, woman, and child in Indiana $548 per
year for health-related costs.5

In 1990, smoking resulted in $700 million in direct medical costs
in Indiana.6

If you see no connection to the article from Time that I posted to you about the incidence of STDs directly attributable to behavior in the the gay community ... well, de-nial is a big river.
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