Financial Standard Comments - Smokers' cough up If this proves accurate - there'll be some slippage of course as some smokers cut back on their smoking, some quit altogether and others die - this means that we would be contributing 80.3% of the total A$6.6 billion 2016/17 budget surplus (as projected in the Budget Papers 2013-14). https://www.financialstandard.com.au/feed/latest?story=33607550 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:18:02 +1000 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:18:02 +1000 en-AU Copyright 2026 Financial Standard 5 Comment by sTU J (A) A smoker led recovery. Cheers

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]]> sTU J (A) Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:18:02 +1000 Comment by Kyle Lidbury (Perpetual) Unfortunately, you've forgotten to include smokers' contribution to the expense side of the ledger - estimated at some $31bn in health and social costs! A net -$25bn contribution to the budget is hardly something to crow about.

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