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The Cost of Non Smokers to Society Scientific Evidence Listing Smokers, eaters and drinkers are endlessly accused of being a “cost to society”, and their “cost” is computed by “experts” who manage to shell out ever-growing numbers. Aside from the fact that those categories of people ARE society, those “costs” stem from the same cheating mentality that has nothing to do with science and facts and everything to do with making the figures square with the politics. The contribution of smokers through tobacco taxes, for example, is routinely ignored; but that is certainly not the only thing that is ignored. As it is so often the case with those who accuse, the accuser is guilty. In reality non smokers “cost to society” far more than smokers – and that is one of the very reasons why the medicare system of the West are collapsing. This compendium of studies and articles explains why non-smokers are a serious burden to society. CRS Report - The Proposed Tobacco Settlement: Who Pays for the Health Costs of Smoking? (updated April 30, 1998) | Jane G. Gravelle Article Published: 1998/04/30 Details: Type: Official report Published By: Congressional Research Service - The Library of Congress Keywords: CRS, Congress, cost, settlement Further Information CRS Report - Cigarette Taxes to Fund Health Care Reform: An Economic Analysis | Jane G. Gravelle, Dannis Zimmerman Article Published: 1994/03/08 Details: Type: Official report Published By: Congressional Research Service - The Library of Congress Keywords: CRS, Congress, cost, tax, reform, health care, Gravelle, Zimmerman Further Information Lifetime medical costs of obesity: prevention no cure for increasing health expenditure | Pieter H. M. van Baal, Johan J. Polder, G. Ardine de Wit, Rudolf T. Hoogenveen, Talitha L. Feenstra, Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Peter M. Engelfriet, Werner B. F. Brouwer Article Published: 2008 Details: Type: Economic Funding Source: The Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports Published By: Andrew Prentice, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom Keywords: obesity, smoking, cost, society, van Baal, Polder, de Wit, Hoogenveen, Feenstra, Boshuizen, Engelfriet, Brouwer Further Information Prognostic factors for respiratory sickness absence and return to work among blue collar workers and office personnel | E C Alexopoulos, A Burdorf Article Published: 2001 Details: Type: Longitudinal Published By: Occup Environ Med 2001;58:246–252 Keywords: respiratory, sickness, absence, work Further Information Smoked out: antitobacco activism at the World Bank | Richard Tren, Hugh High, Deepak Lal Article Published: 1999 Details: Type: Review Published By: Institute of Economic Affairs Keywords: Tren, High, Lal, cost, World Bank, antitobacco Further Information The Health Care Costs of Smoking | Jan J. Barendregt, M.A., Luc Bonneux, M.D., Paul J. Van Der Maas, Ph.D. Article Published: 1997 Details: Type: Meta-Analysis Published By: N Engl J Med1997;337:1052-7 Keywords: Barendregt, Bonneux, Van Der Maas, cost, cessation Further Information A closer look at statistics on smoking and health | Prof. Peter Finch Article Published: circa 1992 Details: Type: Articles and Dissertations Keywords: Peter, Finch, statistics, mortality, cost Further Information Smokers' Burden on Society: Myth and Reality in Canada | André Raynauld, Jean-Pierre Vidal Article Published: 1986 Details: Type: Articles and Dissertations Keywords: André, Raynauld, Jean-Pierre, Vidal, smokers, nonsmokers, cost, society Further Information Showing results 1 to 8 of 8 |
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