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| Originally Posted by andyb Well Assaults or murders run into the millions, primary smoking as far as im concerned shouldnt cost us a penny. You know the risks is it that difficult? |
Presumably you mean treatment should be witheld from smokers? If you do mean that then how about unhealthy eaters, those who don't exercise enough, drug users, alcoholics....where does it stop? How about poor people who can't afford a decent diet?
You know that just isn't practical and isn't fair - it smacks of the extreme nanny state. The authorities forget who they serve.
I'll go so far as to say that the level of deaths we have on the roads is tolerable/acceptable when you consider we have about 20 million vehicles on the roads...3000-4000 deaths per year is a drop in the ocean compared to deaths from other causes which we do little to address. The proportion of those that are killed directly through speeding is even smaller again, yet a huge amount of resources is thrown at the subject. It doesn't make sense.