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What do cigarettes cost?
September 6, 2019 at 10:47 am
Not per pack.
Per lifetime - in medical costs.
Let's take a best guess number.
I have seen $1,000,000 thrown about.
What number do you believe?
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RE: What do cigarettes cost?
September 6, 2019 at 10:58 am
I'd be dead now if I hadn't quit in '88. My lungs are a real shitshow. "Industrial chemicals" while in the Navy and growing up in the town with the very first asbestos plant. Final cost to me, my life, to the taxpayers, a shit ton more than they're currently paying.
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RE: What do cigarettes cost?
September 6, 2019 at 11:22 am
OLB: The figure you mentioned seems reasonable.
Brian: Stop.
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RE: What do cigarettes cost?
September 6, 2019 at 11:44 am
(September 6, 2019 at 11:32 am)onlinebiker Wrote: (September 6, 2019 at 11:22 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: OLB: The figure you mentioned seems reasonable.
Brian: Stop.
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It does seem reasonable - although I have no way at all of verifying it. I have however seen how quickly medical costs can add up - and if I were to guess - I would say it's a low number.
But let's assume it's right.
Now consider - there really isn't any other use of cigarettes than consuming them. They only have one use.
Now the consumer of this product is well aware of it's risks. Is it reasonable to expect the consumer to be responsible for the cigarettes use?
Actually, you can make a pretty effective insecticide from tobacco.
How do you mean 'responsible'? That they should use them responsibly or that they should bear the costs of using them?
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RE: What do cigarettes cost?
September 6, 2019 at 11:54 am
He's heading for gun ownership.
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RE: What do cigarettes cost?
September 6, 2019 at 12:12 pm
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2019 at 12:12 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(September 6, 2019 at 11:54 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: He's heading for gun ownership.
You can stop as well. There are plenty of active threads where you can debate guns. This isn't one of them.
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RE: What do cigarettes cost?
September 6, 2019 at 12:41 pm
Thanks for being an excellent hall monitor.