Who in their right mind would believe our own government??? Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall Dudley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 10:27 AM Subject: Re: CS>Cost Benefit Analysis Reveals that Smokers Save Government Money
> What do you expect from a study paid for by Phillip Morris. They ran studies for > decades that "proved" that smoking was healty for you as well. Who in their right > mind would believe them any more? > > Marshall > > [email protected] wrote: > > > 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]> >
