tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post2935889516271494032..comments2024-01-09T00:39:13.955+00:00Comments on Oh what NOW!: The cost of prohibition.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-16296236658503857412014-03-14T14:23:44.331+00:002014-03-14T14:23:44.331+00:00"Have a drink"
You'll have the anti..."Have a drink"<br /><br />You'll have the anti drink police down on you!The Filthy Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584236558282159183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-77537032459492976492014-03-13T19:41:08.332+00:002014-03-13T19:41:08.332+00:00First, let me get the nasty stuff out of the way. ...First, let me get the nasty stuff out of the way. I do not smoke. I think smoking is an unpleasant habit. Now, to the subject. The term "smoking related illness, is, surely nonsense. Are we seriously saying, if no one smoked, no one would suffer from the extensive list of illnesses you mention? I think not. It may be a sad thought, but, the fact is, we are all going to die. Not only that, we are all going to die of something. Smoking MAY hasten that day, but, not smoking will not prevent it from happening. The whole "cost to the NHS" argument, is therefore, to me, a pure fiction. Phew, I feel better now. Think I will have a drink.Ken Reayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019072519904609517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-16494018737294685132014-03-13T19:20:18.886+00:002014-03-13T19:20:18.886+00:00I'm not at all sure how they are able to link ...I'm not at all sure how they are able to link stomach cancer with smoking. Unless people are eating the ciggy butts.The Filthy Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584236558282159183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-22089666519685358392014-03-13T17:48:13.922+00:002014-03-13T17:48:13.922+00:00Well, that was a nice cheerful post just before di...Well, that was a nice cheerful post just before dinner time.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-84253361688162309752014-03-12T23:46:02.917+00:002014-03-12T23:46:02.917+00:00Not forgetting that all those taxes go direct to t...Not forgetting that all those taxes go direct to the treasury/government. <br />If we all gave up tomorrow we could, after a few months, use our savings for a holiday in another Country.<br />We're not simply smokers; We're PATRIOTS. <br />We support the British economy by paying tax on a significant proportion of our income whereas non smokers use that extra available income on goods many of which will be imported and of benefit to the Country of manufacture or worse still on foreign holidays where their British pound is of nil benefit to our economy!!Xopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387364739989208360noreply@blogger.com