Not smoking is also a great financial move. A lifetime habit costs between $1 million and $2 million. Smoking-related costs also further overburden the health care system. According to a 2017 analysis, 8.7% of all health care spending, or $170 billion a year, is for illness caused by tobacco smoke, and public programs like Medicare and Medicaid paid for most of these costs. If Medicaid is slashed as proposed in the Republican health care plan, states could be left footing the bill, so raising the smoking age just makes good economic sense.
戒烟还能省下一大笔钱。终身吸烟将花费一百万到两百万美元。吸烟相关的开支也会增加医保体系的负担。2017年,一项分析显示,8.7%的医保支出用于治疗由吸烟引发的疾病,具体金额为每年1700亿美元,医疗保险和医疗补助这样的大众项目成为了这笔花销的“报账人”。一旦共和党关于大幅削减医疗补助的提议被采纳,政府就得填补空缺。这样看来,提高可吸烟年龄对经济来说确实是百益无害的。
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