[joeysteele]

I think 37p in one swoop is too much, I don't and never have smoked but I like being around people who do, it doesn't bother me in the slightest and I have heard of many lung cancer cases and deaths from it too that have been non-smokers.
I am aware there is debate as to passive smoking being harmful to non-smokers however.

Any Govt though would be in big hole if all the smokers stopped smoking at all,it's just smokers and cigarettes are easy targets for Governments.
Also, as to the NHS treating smokers ailments, watch how many staff from Consultants right down through the staffing scale smoke, it would really amaze people.

[Bollo]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Any Govt though would be in big hole if all the smokers stopped smoking at all,it's just smokers and cigarettes are easy targets for Governments.
Also, as to the NHS treating smokers ailments, watch how many staff from Consultants right down through the staffing scale smoke, it would really amaze people.

So true joeysteele, my mum was a nurse both in a regular hosptial and in a psychiatric one, I did work experience in both and almost all of the staff went out to 'count the bricks' (have a fag) as they called it...

Going off topic slightly I remember her telling me at the time that the doctor/ nurse profession had the highest amount of alcoholics/drug addicts than any other profession, apart from acting bizzarely enough