Posted on July 2, 2008 by Marshall
On average, healthy individuals lived 84 years, compared with 80 years for obese individuals and 77 years for smokers, the study found. Healthy individuals on average had lifetime health care costs of $417,000, compared with $371,000 for obese individuals and $326,000 for smokers, according to the study.
The chart above was based on 1994 rates with the dollar a pack increase it is even more lob sided.
And this is just medical costs, doesn’t include social security or pension costs.
IF TRUTH IS ON THEIR SIDE, WHY DO THEY LIE?
Filed under: health issues | Tagged: medical, medical costs, medical issues, Politics, smoking
