Newsbot Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 A new service to help people give up smoking is launched on the Isle of Man. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/6348505.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Why bother, they'll die soon enough anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copycat Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 why do smokers get free NHS treatment for smoking related complaints - they should have to pay the private rates. to get private health care you have to complete a questionnaire make a declaration and get a medical before they usually set-the premium rate - surely its about time the same was done for Natl Insce healthcare. price out the smokers and let them die all the quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 why do smokers get free NHS treatment for smoking related complaints - they should have to pay the private rates. to get private health care you have to complete a questionnaire make a declaration and get a medical before they usually set-the premium rate - surely its about time the same was done for Natl Insce healthcare. price out the smokers and let them die all the quicker. Yeah! ...and take out of the NHS babies born with 'defects' requiring expensive treatments, those unfit to be human beings with diabetes, fat people, slow people, low IQ people, old people, non-blondes, non ayrian and anyone with a big nose. Smokers pay far more into the system than anyone else. They also tend to die a lot quicker and not take out as much. The alternative would be for everyone to pay far higher taxes. Think about that when you're lying on your hospice bed dying of nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentbob Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Yup, a couple of years ago, some tit was whining that smoking related illnesses cost the NHS (UK) 1.8 billion pounds a year..... It was then pointed out to them, that thje UK Government rakes in over 18 billion a year from the tax on tobacco. If everyone in the UK stopped drinking, and stopped smoking, we would be in serious debt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_Naylor Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 I wonder how many family pets die each year due to passive smoking? I imagine budgies probably get it bad being higher up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 price out the smokers and let them die all the quicker. Start smoking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 I wonder how many family pets die each year due to passive smoking? I imagine budgies probably get it bad being higher up. I must admit my Beagle is looking a bit worse for wear these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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