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Danish, smokers are 8,3 billion DKR more costly a year than non smokers.

http://www.fyens.dk/modules/mobile/article?articleid=3106811

The municipality where I work operates in a 3 billion yearly budget by comparison. So you could run more two and a half cities with 50.000 people for a year for the money smokers cost us.




Per year, yea. But smokers live shorter lives. That's why I referenced the lifetime total expenditures.


You misunderstand, it's what they cost extra compared to non-smokers, agelengths included.


Well, maybe. I can't read whatever language that article is in, but I Google Translated it, and it appears to only talk about per year costs. If you disagree, would it be possible to give a quote from the article?




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