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Originally Posted by shakermaker
How would you feel if a bed on the NHS was unavailable to a non-smoker when an idiot with a disease directly caused by smoking was taking up the space? Well it happens - everyday - unnecessarily.
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Where do you draw the line if you go down that track?
Refuse treatment to women who have been made infertile through contracting a sexually tramsmitted disease when they could have used barrier protection?
Refuse to help drivers involved in car crashes who were going over the speed limit?
Not operating on people who develop skin cancers if they didn't always wear protection from the sun, including hats?
As people have said earlier the cost in financial terms to the NHS is more than made up for in taxes raised from cigarettes.
Like Pendy said if they really cared more about the health of the nation rather than money, they would ban tobacco altogether.