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Originally Posted by danielf
Seeing that people brought up the cost/revenue side of smoking, I think it's only fair to bring this up... It's a valid point isn't it?
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No, because as the ASH site points out, the tax revenue from smoking is not some sort of investment in the NHS!
Just like the revenue from speed cameras, VED etc, it's not earmarked for some specific purpose, it goes into Gordon Brown's big pot and is doled out as he sees fit.
To suggest that, because smokers die younger, it is some sort of *positive* is, I'm sure, a great consolation to those whose family members have died of cancer (especially those who got it from passive smoking)