tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post3438864552611882157..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: The Policy Exchange make fools of themselvesChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-63972794387646332012010-06-29T12:36:58.299+01:002010-06-29T12:36:58.299+01:00Very interesting...hmmm... cigarettes are a busine...Very interesting...hmmm... cigarettes are a business ... health is a business, but I didn't think that even death is a business. I don't think that is natural.vanzare apartamente clujhttp://www.edil.ronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-90032215100451071182010-03-20T14:11:29.999+00:002010-03-20T14:11:29.999+00:00WS, the anti's have discounted Kip Viscusi'...WS, the anti's have discounted Kip Viscusi's with........<br /><br />http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=W._Kip_Viscusi<br />"In October 1994, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER, an organization which received support from Philip Morris) issued a paper by Viscusi called "Cigarette Taxation and the Social Consequences of Smoking" in which Viscusi argues that smokers actually save society money by dying earlier than nonsmokers."Ann W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-19921463700464603462010-03-20T07:31:34.750+00:002010-03-20T07:31:34.750+00:00As usual, great stuff, Chris.
While we've bee...As usual, great stuff, Chris.<br /><br />While we've been busy fending off direct attacks in the form of ETS and "third hand smoke", perhaps we've missed the larger and more commonly cited myth that tobacco users (or that matter, the "obese") cost society and increase the costs of health care. <br /><br />An economist named Kip Viscusi disproved these ideas years ago.<br /><br />Put simply, it's all a smoke-and-mirrors myth.<br /><br />WS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-75910174444633915912010-03-19T13:21:11.411+00:002010-03-19T13:21:11.411+00:00Mark Littlewood Director General of The Institute ...Mark Littlewood Director General of The Institute of Economic Affairs picks up the gauntlet on Dr Henry Featherstone's ramblings and the Policy Exchange Debacle. <br /><br />http://blog.iea.org.uk/?p=1990DaveAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249090980650806030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-8054346047101337452010-03-19T13:06:07.788+00:002010-03-19T13:06:07.788+00:00Beautiful Chris!!!
I have several cost reports det...Beautiful Chris!!!<br />I have several cost reports detailing very similar calculations for Canada.<br /><br />In the study "UPDATE ON SMOKING COSTS TO SOCIETY" January 15th, 2004 for the Québec Coalition for Tobacco Control. <br /><br />The report dismissed the industry's benefit with a little footnote near the end "Taxes paid on tobacco manufacturers’ profits and their employees’ revenues were voluntarily excluded from our analysis, since the tobacco industry’s profits would have been transferred to other sectors in the absence of this industry. Similarly, tobacco workers would have worked in other sectors, and we have no reason to think that they would not have paid equivalent taxes."<br /><br />On absentee, they don't match their own figures.<br /><br />"The average number of sick days for current smokers and former smokers was estimated at 13.5 per year" yet in detailing the cost of decreased productivity, they only use 7 days?<br />"Since the calendar year consists of 365 days, we excluded 104 days for weekends, 10 for holidays, 15 for vacation days, and 7 for sick days, thus leaving 229 workdays." <br /><br />One of their best slight of hand is calculating that every worker in Canada receives company benefits including life insurance. Very few low paying jobs pay anything but min wage and since smokers are suppose to be at the lower education range...........Ann W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-7652733101337350932010-03-19T12:47:12.352+00:002010-03-19T12:47:12.352+00:00Reminds me of those maths questions i used to do i...Reminds me of those maths questions i used to do in school.<br /><br />If you have a series of numbers from...<br /><br />2.7 upto 5.2 upto 13.7<br /><br />What is the next number in the sequence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-3968351475399191352010-03-19T12:36:17.486+00:002010-03-19T12:36:17.486+00:00i definitely enjoy all your posting type, very hel...i definitely enjoy all your posting type, very helpful.<br />don't quit as well as keep creating for the reason that it just good worth to follow it,<br />excited to look into additional of your posts, good bye :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-1081979009157669772010-03-19T09:51:44.715+00:002010-03-19T09:51:44.715+00:00Just a note on the £2.9m healthcare costs. Henry t...Just a note on the £2.9m healthcare costs. Henry took a view based on the ASH 'Smoking Kills' £2.7bn and the BHF sponsored £5.2bn. I couldn't be bothered to look for it but I believe the BHF study included cost to the economy as well as healthcare.<br /><br />So Henry has double-counted.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-70062281881651349542010-03-19T07:40:25.211+00:002010-03-19T07:40:25.211+00:00Ta for link. But no doubt this £13.7 billion figur...Ta for link. But no doubt this £13.7 billion figure will become common currency, just like all the other made-up figures.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com