[mylife]

By paying billions of dollars in tax into healthcare that the rest of you dont.

And believe me smokers get none of those benefits. They are the first to be excluded from the benefits of healthcare.

[Rockitz]

I wonder how many billions of tax dollars smokers suck up in their last throes of death- surgeries, chemotherapy, and many other medical services that those who don’t smoke will never need. I wonder how many billions of dollars it costs taxpayers to take care of the families of smokers who aren't around to take care of their own families. I wonder how many lost days of productivity smokers cost employers with their increased absentee rates. I wonder....

[RedStateRocker]

Facts, please.
I’ve seen plenty of ex and current smokers in hospital beds hooked up to equipment. And I know for a fact that my HMO does not A)charge smokers more nor B) refuse to serve them.

[Neoliberalnot]

To some extent you are very right about smokers. ON the other hand, an equally, if not worse behavior, male homo practices have had more per capita spending afforded them than any other group, bar none.