List: I think the bean counters are running wild at Philip Morris. Their PR department must be doing back flips over this one: What's next, a governmental sponsored cost benefit analysis of thermonuclear war? Roger
Tobacco Deaths Save Money, Study Claims CZECH REPUBLIC -- Sick smokers burden a country's health-care system, but dead smokers save governments money. That's the conclusion of a study of the financial cost of smoking commissioned by tobacco giant Philip Morris. Researchers looked at the Czech Republic and concluded its government saved $30 million in 1999 because it did not have to support smokers who died prematurely from tobacco-related illnesses. The study by research firm Arthur D. Little International concluded that financial benefits to the Czech government from duties and taxes on consumers, importers and tobacco businesses outweighed costs of health care, lost working days and fires caused by cigarettes. http://chicagotribune.com/news/printedition/article/0,2669,SAV-0107180247,FF.h tml -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
