But, has NOTHING to do with the stimulus. As a matter of fact, it would do the opposite (reducing spending and taxes on smoking)
Any actual benefits would not be seen for 10, 20, 40 years. Which is a good thing, but WAY outside a short term stimulus. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > $75 million for "smoking cessation activities." (wasteful) > > I disagree. This country spends over $50 billion annually on smoking > related diseases. Even using the most skeptical 10% success rate for smoking > cessation plans, this would mean a significant reduction in those cancer and > emphysema treatment costs. In other words even if $1 billion is saved every > year that more than makes up for the $75 million spent on smoking cessation > programs. > > If that's a wasteful program, then I'd hate to see a useful one. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287323 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
