Posted by Nige on 03/22/06 22:08

Major ChrisB wrote:
> "Nige" <nigel.inceBUGGEROFF@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:482gdoFhtr7jU1@individual.net...
>> Andy Upton wrote:
>>> You would be better off finding a website about lung cancer and the
>>> effects it has on not only you, but the people you love ( children,
>>> wife etc )
>>
>> But smokers are addicts, like junkies. They don't give a fuck about
>> anyone elses lives as long as they get thier fix at everyone elses
>> detriment.
>>
>> About time they banned it totally or made the fools pay for thier
>> own treatment in Hospital.
>
> they do... Smokers pay about �9 billion in tax a year in this country
> purely from buying their tobacco. Treatment of smoking related
> illnesses and theorised passive smoking illnesses costs slightly less
> than �1billion per year.
>
> It's been an issue here in Scotland that the smoking ban kicks in on
> Monday and the expected revenue that will be lost by those people who
> quit has been estimated to have the same cost to the NHS as running
> 40 large hospitals per year.

They still stink, tramps

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