be singled out as a cost burden to society;
Women, Minorities, and the Disabled have been
in the past. You name the group and a bigot will
name the cost in dollars to society.
Smokers now pay more taxes than any other
consumer group in the United States. As a
matter of fact smokers now contribute more in
state and federal revenue than the cost of their
health care.
Most estimates on the Health Care costs of
smokers make the unreasonable assumption
that every smoker would not get ill otherwise.