Smoking costs

Smokers know their every puff harms their health, and yet they keep shelling out cash for the privilege of lighting up. Professor Kenneth A. Perkins, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, delves into the behavioral economics of cigarettes, with video collected by Marketplace's Tim Werth

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Education

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• marketplace
• behavioral
• economics
• smoking
• cigarettes
• kenneth
• perkins

[samuils]

elpresidio I am not in denial, I just detest the idea of anyone meddling in my PERSONAL life choices

[samuils]

How about, thanks for the info, and as far as stopping us, it is really not your business. Stay out of my business

[trill5thefif]

BAN RELAXATION IN THE SUN!!!

[elpresidio]

Obviously there are a lot of smokers trying to rate this video down. Yup! Always in denial! As a co-worker of mine would say, "Smokers are WALKING ASHTRAYS!"

[birdlives2000]

I actually tried to substitute drinking coffee with smoking tobacco. It worked for a few days actually, but the hangover I would get from the caffeine from drink so much coffee just made me feel terrible in the stomach.

[666lordbyron666]

i smoke but when i drink coffee it amplifies my enjoyment..that assumption holds true if you smoker. because you are a non-smoker you have nothing to be alarmed of

[Atheistprimate]

I drink coffee everyday and have never been a smoker, no idea why he is trying to make a connection between the two.

[undignified822]

WTF? Thats at USC?!?!?! HAHAHAHA FIGHT ON!!!!

[BlacksAreBeautiful]

@farhmoha

I didn't hear anyone say this applies to EVERYONE. I know for a fact that when I consumed alcohol, i smoked a lot more, and I know MANY people who were the same. I'm not a coffee drinker so that never applied to me personally.

[therealcaptobvious]

can you describe the health costs of consuming High fructose corn syrup? The Boomers are coming down with diabetes at an earlier age, heart, liver and colon disease because of it.

Smoking you can stop. You can't stop eating.