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Tobacco funds fill government coffers, not help people quit

by Richard B. Belzer
July 10, 2018
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issues: Harm Reduction, Tobacco Harm Reduction
originally published in The American Spectator
From The American Spectator:

A more recent analysis by The R Street Institute employed a smaller estimate, analyzing “1% of smokers [within] demographic groups switching.” In this analysis, the author concluded Medicaid savings “will be approximately $2.8 billion per 1 percent of enrollees” over the next 25 years.

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