Smoking cost the country more than 50 billion baht a year

B50bn economic loss from smoking

Published: 5 Mar 2013 at 16.36
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Death and disease caused by smoking costs the country over 50 billion baht each year, according to the Tobacco Control Research and Knowledge Management Centre.

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Kanitta Bundhamcharoen, of the International Health Policy Programme Thailand, said on Tuesday the statistics were clear - the economic loss as a result of premature death from smoking each year was around 40.5 billion baht - comprising medical expenses and lost productivity.

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pete
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Discussion 6 : 05 Mar 2013 at 20.066
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“The TPPA should not give the tobacco industry opportunities to increase business”.
Plenty of opportunities in Thailand of course.
“In August 2010, three major US tobacco merchants pleaded guilty to charges relating to the payment of bribes to officials of Thailand Tobacco M0nopoly”.
No names of course, influentially gifted people at work.
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And how much economic loss does the various corruption schemes, like the latest police station construction fiasco, cost the taxpayers ? As long as, cigarette is a legal product, people may exercise their freedom to smoke, without disturbing other nonsmokers in public. If cigarette is that harmful, why don't we ban it altogether to get it over with? Heavy smokers die quickly too, so their burden on society is minimum, unlike crooked politicians and Govt officials who keep on living and stealing taxpayers' money all the way to hell.
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i never see people get crazy in their head from cigarettes same as LAOKAO
so what is moore danger?
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Discussion 3 : 05 Mar 2013 at 18.293
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and how many people died from "LAO KAO"?
accidents. lever destroid? crazy in head? fighting??????
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Discussion 2 : 05 Mar 2013 at 18.192
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The tobacco companies are the greediest, most ruthless and conniving drug lords the world has ever known.

But the people running them are so super wealthy they can buy their way out of the truth.
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Discussion 1 : 05 Mar 2013 at 17.501
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This medical cost is no need to worry, says the 1% of the people getting rich from the sale of cigarettes. As long as money is to be made, why worry about sickening 100,000's of people? The new Thai mentality, greed for yourself, your family, everyone else can die of cancer.
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