[Cromwell1900]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

As far as fags and booze is concerned, eEconomically, the UK would be in an even worse state than it already is: and the people earning the lower wages would be the ones who'd end up having to pay more tax on their earnings / council tax / road taxes and god knows what else to make up the defecit though.

I don't know where the balance is but fags & Booze cost the NHS a heap of money as well as making it in taxes. But rather than taxing harmful products, i'd love to see a Harmful Products Tax laid on the Manufacturer rather than the consumer. Maybe it could be tied into an estimate of how much money the NHS spends on dealing with them.