[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by the truth

come off it vicky , there is no way on the planet you could get close to proving that enormous sweeping statement. you can calculate in an insteant how much is lost from the deaths of millions of people through smoking in lost productivity, GDP, work at the workplace, at home, raising kids, paying taxes , national insurance contributions, they too could have acted as carers for sick people too, you just have no idea how to measure the opportunity lost from millions of these people either dying younger or suffering premature serious health issues etc etc over decades?

clearly we need to get rid of this absurd advertitisng , save thousands maybe millions more lives, get a healthier society, capable of working and producing far more for far longer. the issue of pensions and care is a timebomb for a different day. and the way to try and help tackle that is NOT to carelessly allow or even actively encourage people to kill themselves with tobacco

Not in an instant no, but from years worth of research thats readily available on the internet...and a little bit of common sense too.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...er-report.html

Cost NHS less in long run...so saving money

http://bma.org.uk/working-for-change...ing-statistics

2.7b cost to the NHS for smoking related illnesses
2.5b lost in sick leave and such

http://www.the-tma.org.uk/tma-public...-from-tobacco/

12.7b revenue from smokers

7.2 billion difference if I am not mistaken...so put in more than they take out, as I said.

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It would be nice to see everyone stop smoking, but its never going to happen. And the government certainly dont want to to either. Just watch this space, 2 years time or so e-cigs will be illegal all over the UK because they help many people to stop

Also I dont think I have ever seen cigarette advertising, ever