# Cigarette Tax Revenue

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarette-tax-revenue/518565>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 22, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarette-tax-revenue/518565 "2009-11-22T20:58:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarette-tax-revenue/518565/3 "2009-11-24T22:38:20Z")

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> [@Mosier](#):
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> I’m certain the cost of treating smoking related diseases outweighs the cost of living longer.

In [This Thread on Smoking](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540854), a poster writes:

> [@The Rationale for Quitting Smoking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rationale-for-quitting-smoking/518434/25):
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> Smokers are very productive and tend to croak before sucking their retirement benefits … This is a net cost savings to society

Which of you is correct?

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