Might actually be the case, some studies have suggested that smokers are much less expensive to society than nonsmokers because they die like 20 years younger
Well those people are idiots with no idea about the immense expense of smoking-related diseases much more than making up for any savings society might get from decreased longevity.
It’s not about society saving money, it’s about the greed of big tobacco and the politicians they own.
I mean, kind of? Nicotine is literally a natural pesticide, it’s actually quite destructive towards everything it touches. Smoking causes dental issues, which cause far more disease than you’d expect. Also being unable to run up a flight of stairs without dying a little bit probably makes it worse.
Apart from the fact that you just mentioned the two top non-acute causes of death, that’s not even close to true.
Can we ban the “hahaha I want to die” teenager edginess? It wasn’t funny in the middle ages, it’s not funny now.