[bananarama]

Originally posted by Shaun
Totally agree with you, wobblywoo. People are too quick to jump on the anti-smoking bandwagon, and as much as I can't stand smoke around me, the thought that a smoker shouldn't be entitled to the same rights to a free health service as the rest of the country is absurd.

I agree. One of the things about a free society is that people are allowed to do silly things and still get help for the consequences.

If you refuse the treatment of smokers then you would also have to follow suit and refuse to treat football injuries. Potholers in troube, Mountain climbers injured, Bad drivers injured by their own actions.. The list is endless.

We all pay financially for a free society a society that allows reckless behavour in the name of pleasure........That's life. To be otherwise would require a nanny state of even higher proportions than we have at present.

As a none smoker myself I would love to see others off the foul habbit. However I would not dream of saying they should not get treatment for smoke related illness.