The debate thread

[Niall]

What because of smoking or just a general health issue?

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If you have been smoking since you were 12 and now need a replacement lung, do you think thats fair that we should all pay for that even when there are loads of cuts at the moment?

I don't think its fair we all pay for other peoples smoking but as above the average smoker more than pays for their treatment for fag related illnesses over their life in the tax they pay on fags. I think its the same for booze as well.

The problem is where do you stop, I know they are talking about a fast food tax so that all the obese people pay for their treatment but its only gonna peanalise sensible people. Lets face it a grilled chicken kebab with salad aint unhealthy now.

But if they do that are we gonna tax motorcyclists more cos they are more likely to get hurt on the roads than car drivers?

Are we gonna tax people who buy bikes, skateboards etc cos they are more likely to fall off and hurt themselves?

Are we gonna put a tax on footballs and rugby balls for fear of sport injuries?

Are we gonna start taking sex aids and birth control etc to stop people injuring themselves having sex (lets face it everyone has an awesome sex injury story)?

Where does the lets tax the f*ck out of people end?

If you start doing it you'll end up with everyone having to pay for private health insurance (apart from the scrounger who don't pay for shit at the moment)

Thing is dum, most of what your talking about is general day to day living. Everything in life has an associated risk. You cant not take a risk in life no matter how careful you are so all of those things are fair risks. If your a heavy long term smoker, thats a big risk and you are alot more likely to end up with some sort of health issue. which generally when it comes to smoking, is fairly serious.