tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post1749026210120850381..comments2023-12-02T00:59:10.380+01:00Comments on England Expects: The Anti Smoking Crusade gets more sinisterGawain Towlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-60357966297721610252009-01-06T11:13:00.000+01:002009-01-06T11:13:00.000+01:00But gentlemen,the eussr owns your body,tells you w...But gentlemen,the eussr owns your body,tells you what you may think,and your internal organs are only being loaned to you,and they do not want them messed up come harvest time,because they already have a buyer lined up and waiting,and since you do not violently protest they take it as acceptance that you agree upon your status as livestock.ENGLISHMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169065365049917275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-63594114936681447612009-01-06T10:52:00.000+01:002009-01-06T10:52:00.000+01:00But Mark, while I agree with you about smokers pay...But Mark, while I agree with you about smokers paying higher premiums, whilst we maintain the fiction of an NHS it is covered by the rules, and those rules forbid discrimination on all sorts of things. <BR/><BR/>Can you imagine if AIDS treatment was withheld from those whose activities made the occurence of the disease more likely...Gawain Towlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-24228475322510181092009-01-05T21:17:00.000+01:002009-01-05T21:17:00.000+01:00OK, some smokers are to blame for their own illnes...OK, some smokers are to blame for their own illnesses, so you could argue it's only fair to make them pay a bit more tax.<BR/><BR/>Ah. They do.<BR/><BR/>About £15 billion or something in VAT and tobacco duties and other bits and pieces (from memory, who cares). Which is about three times as much as is spent on cancer care in total.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com