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Originally posted by Ruth

The NHS makes more money from smokers than it spends on curing smoking related diseases though! They now spend twice as much treating obesity related disease as they do treating smoking related diseases. If everyone in Britain stopped smoking all at once, the government would NOT be happy about that at all!

The smoking ban is a terrible thing.

Also the smoking ban will not stop people smuggling fags into the country!

Hi Ruth, our first debate together since you left, but eh, all roads that leave TIBB, are circle-roads that lead back here.

Glad your back
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Anyway, in answer to your reply
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You say that the NHS makes more money from people smoking than those who don't smoke.

I haven't even thought about that statistic and if you wrote a letter to the Health Secretery, I am sure the reply may differ considerably. Then visit a Hospital and talk to nurses, doctors & sergeons and see what they say and think on the matter.

Obesety is another subject matter and I agree it is also a problem, even more so in the USA, but as this is a smoking debate, I shall place that issue to one side.

Nobody in the Government will ever think that everyone will stop smoking at once, it won't happen & can't happen.

They are realists and so am I, and certainly much more on this matter of disgusting cigarette smoke.

The smoking ban in a great thing and something I wished had happened 23 years ago, when I was working in an office and choking on the smoke from other smoking employees. That is the worst part about Cigarettes, "Passive smoke"

I know that the Smoking ban won't stop people stop bringing fags & tobacco into the country, but the Customs & Excise could do a lot more about it though, if the government intervenes.

What I suggest, is, a more stringent operation and anyone who exceeds the amount which is allowed into the country legally is fined £1000 instantly and all cigs & tobacco confiscated.

The rule being implemented properly and enforced to the letter. Also, anyone going beyond that and bringing 1000's & 1000's of Cigs & Tobacco back, get's a £10,000 fine instead.

Get things in perspective...







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