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To: Brumar89 who wrote (930620)4/15/2016 4:14:44 PM
From: Wharf Rat1 Recommendation

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J_F_Shepard

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"Tobacco companies are doing fine"

Too bad their customers aren't.

" the best stock investments of the past 50 yrs."
They've socialized their liabilities.
Total annual public and private health care expenditures caused by smoking: Approximately $170 Billion
    Annual Federal and state government smoking-caused Medicaid payments: $39.6 billion
    [Federal share: $22.5 billion per year. States’ share: $17.1 billion]
  • Federal government smoking-caused Medicare expenditures each year: $45.0 billion
    • Other federal government tobacco-caused health care costs (e.g. through VA health care): $23.8 billion

tobaccofreekids.org



To: Brumar89 who wrote (930620)4/15/2016 5:02:56 PM
From: J_F_Shepard  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578138
 
Drug dealers are doing very well also.......very well.


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