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>What sort of logic is this?
>If you live in a state where more people smoke you will save more by stopping?
>If you stop smoking you will save the cost of the cigarettes you would have bought. That's not going to vary depending on how many other smokers you are surrounded by.

It's averages. All they're saying is that if you are an average smoker in Delaware, then you spend more on cigarettes than an average smoker in some other state. Therefore, if you quit, you'll save more than the average smoker in the other state.