smoking
If it makes you angry-why?
if you like it- why?
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bad
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Smoking is bad because: 1. It is known to be bad for your health 2. It is known to be bad for 2nd hand smokers health 3. It smells 4. It pollutes 5. It is expensive 6. It costs you more for insurance 7. It costs the taxpayers more to help keep you alive when you are dying from all the diseases you get when you smoke. Side: bad
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1-6 are all well and good, but #7 is incorrect. Tobacco is taxed very heavily; the US government receives far more tax revenue per year from tobacco sales than is spent on all forms of diseases that CAN be linked to smoking (including those non-smokers who contract it). The bill for smoking-related health care doesn't fall on the taxpayers in general; smokers bear the entire cost (and then some!) of their habit. Side: good
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