how long do you think if we started spending money on smoking cessation before there is a noticable decrease in cancer treatment?
I doubt it would be during Obama's term (even if he gets reelected) How could reducing government costs 10 years from now (probably longer) be considered part of a stimulus package? On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Charlie Griefer <[email protected]>wrote: > > was the stimulus ever explicitly stated as being a "short term" stimulus? > i'm asking... i don't know. i don't recall ever seeing a time frame > attached to it. > i don't know what the exact numbers would be, but i'd tend to agree with > Larry here (yes, really). we'd lose the spending and tax $ on cigarette > purchases, but gain $ in not having to treat the cancer/emphysema patients > (you know they're not all insured, or insured enough). would that possibly > be a wash? again, i don't know... just throwing it out there. > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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:287339 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
