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Novathecat,

I think it’s going to emanate from the workplace. Employers are starting already to clamp down on poor lifestyle choices, especially smoking. I read about one company that fired everyone who didn’t quit smoking by a particular date. I’m sure that case is being litigated, so the final word hasn’t been written. Frankly, as a healthy person who subsidizes the 20% of people who incur 80% of the cost of my employer’s plan’s claims, I say good. Besides, being healthy is just objectively better than the alternative. Unless, of course, it’s just a genetic condition, in which case lifestyle changes aren’t going to make a big difference.