Issues such as: Diseases: Any type of serious diagnosis such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and immune disorders are considered higher risk diseases by the insurance company
Data about smoking initiation, cessation, relapse, and mortality probabilities came from slightly different NHIS periods due to data availability and the need to aggregate some data across years to improve precision
Narrow Focus on Chewers: While great for chewers, may lack options for non-tobacco users
Tobacco companies could sue the government and perhaps win
They worked out the average impact of smoking, per cigarette, based on the collated data
The questions and expectations for our decisions are bigger than whether we should do something or not because it is sin or not