Re: drug use by our homeless family members or friends?, lets adoptthem

On 03-12-2003 12:28, in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Brother Nate"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Pete nospam Zakel wrote:
>> Brother Nate writes:
>>> They take far more from the system by the consequences of
>>> their bad habit than their "sin taxes" repay,
> 
>> Can you post some sources for this, Nathan?  From what I know, you are wrong.
>> My understanding is that the taxes are actually far in excess of the costs of
>> using tobacco.
> 
> Just so our stats are on the same page, what monetary
> value should I assign to the human lives that are lost?

The average daily salary the deceased acquired before death, multiplied by
the number of work days between death of the victim and the average life
span of a person in the country of choice over the period of choice.

This is the only statistic which counts, as the smoker lived most his/her
life. You cannot add used life into the expense of the loss of a 60 year old
who dies 7 years too early and 5 years before retirement.

EJ