Comment by stackskipton
Comment by stackskipton 2 months ago
It does, there is even a study on it. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9321534/
Smokers also help keep pension/social security costs down since they pay into it but don't collect out of it or do for much shorter period.
That study is almost 30 year old, has there been more current research? I also wonder if externalities like trauma on friends/family are factored in, I could imagine there are some transitive effects?