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.
Apart from the fact that you just mentioned the two top non-acute causes of death, that’s not even close to true.
I’m saying it’s not like some weird esoteric thing that we don’t see anywhere else in the medical industry. Heart disease from smoking isn’t more expensive to treat than heart disease without smoking.
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.
Nicotine is literally a natural pesticide, it’s actually quite destructive towards everything it touches
That is absolutely not true lol
It’s not even harmful at the levels present in cigarettes.
It’s all the OTHER stuff in cigarettes that kills you.