In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
It's more a question of assessing the likelyhood of them setting light
to themselves, and the knock-on consequences of doing so to others
around them, verses the severely curtailed quality of life if they
can't use oxygen.

I'd say that if some one isn't prepared to make life style changes to
improve their health why should the rest of us pick up the tab for
their treatment? They had the choice to start with, take the
consequencies of that choice.

Dangerous ground, that one. Many get serious injuries playing sports or
from dangerous hobbies. Since that was their choice and they knew the
risks, why should the rest of us pay for their treatment?

Other thing, of course, is that the taxes raised on tobacco sales is
greater than the costs to the NHS for treating smoking related conditions.

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*Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson" *

Dave Plowman London SW
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