Most of us cost the NHS the most during around the time of birth & then in the last 2 years, & particularly the last 6 months, of our life. Whatever we die of
Given that we are seeing the last stages, probably, in this country of what Sir Richard Doll called a smoking epidemic, clearly brought on & greatly exacerbated by two world wars, it is not surprising that smoking seems to be costing the NHS a lot, as its victims reach their dying days
But what evidence is there that smokers cost the NHS more in during-life, rather than end-of-life, care
