if smoking would be bad for state finance it would have been forbidden already. people who smoke pay a lot of tobacco tax and don't need their pension for very long. it's worth it for the state even with the cancer treatments taken into account. :p

i am a non-smoker since i never liked the taste but i don't mind passive smoking. i don't like to see people i like to be chain smokers though who aren't able to quit even if they want to. this addiction must be really nasty.