Gays 6X More Expensive Than Smokers
says Family Research Institute

COLORADO SPRINGS, Co., July 5 /Christian Wire Service/ -- The Centers for Disease Control announced that smoking costs society about $168 billion a year. The CDC said the $168 billion annual bill was the sum of direct health costs of $76 billion and $92 billion in lost productivity. Since about 23% of adults – about 46 million smoke, that translates into a cost of about $3,500 per smoker each year.

"Gays are costing about $51 billion a year for AIDS alone, much less all the other diseases more frequently experienced by homosexuals," said Dr. Paul Cameron of the Family Research Institute – a Colorado Springs based think-tank. "However, there are many times more smokers than gays. The 1996 CDC national sexuality survey estimated that 1.3% of men engage in homosexual activity each year. Even if there were as many as 2 million sexually active gays – that would translate into a cost of over $25,000 per gay per year – just for AIDS. The total cost, including the other STDs and organ failures that gays acquire, is obviously higher."

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