A lot of people smoke in the UK. They often use pubs and some go gambling whilst others smoke at work. So the government should be glad they are getting their money worth. Now there are a lot of people struggling at the work place and who cannot drink and smoke at the same time. Yet alcohol and stress are bigger killers than smoking.
People who do not smoke need smoke free environments. They can have smoke free areas and smoke free restaurants, workplaces and bars. So why make all places of work and all public places that have food totally smoke free? This defies logic especially where some pubs only serve hot food for two hours each day and bingo halls have a clientele that are very unlikely to stop smoking even if the price of a pack of cigarettes doubles.
This is a strange one by the UK government and one of many things that Tony Blair put through before he handed the baton over. Remember it was his government that put marijuana down to class C and who decided to invade Iraq with the Bush baby.
On yes the companies that benefit are those that manufacture and sell those nasty (and probably addictive) nicotine replacement treatments. I suppose the government is getting a huge cut on those products from the taxes levied.
The best advice anyone ever said is to never start smoking and drink in moderation. So many of us binge drink and smoke pot!
People who do not smoke need smoke free environments. They can have smoke free areas and smoke free restaurants, workplaces and bars. So why make all places of work and all public places that have food totally smoke free? This defies logic especially where some pubs only serve hot food for two hours each day and bingo halls have a clientele that are very unlikely to stop smoking even if the price of a pack of cigarettes doubles.
This is a strange one by the UK government and one of many things that Tony Blair put through before he handed the baton over. Remember it was his government that put marijuana down to class C and who decided to invade Iraq with the Bush baby.
On yes the companies that benefit are those that manufacture and sell those nasty (and probably addictive) nicotine replacement treatments. I suppose the government is getting a huge cut on those products from the taxes levied.
The best advice anyone ever said is to never start smoking and drink in moderation. So many of us binge drink and smoke pot!
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