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**Maggy** · 15-02-2008, 20:53

How disingenuous of the government.They dare not ban tobacco or alcohol outright because of the loss of tax income and keep increasing the tax which rakes in more tax and then are to contemplate taking more money in another sort of tax.Yet they are reluctant to ban it because it will just drive it underground in a similar manner that happened to drugs(and alcohol in the US Prohibition era).As it is Customs and Excise chase almost as many tobacco and alcohol smugglers as drug smugglers.

I think it is an affront to freedom to demand that smokers should be treated like children and be licenced in their own home..I'm sick of the nanny state that is step by step removing our rights as adults to choose to do what we like with our own bodies.

Mark my words when tobacco is finally,totally banned further down the line, alcohol will be next.I wonder how all those drinking non smokers will feel then?

15-02-2008, 20:53	#23
Maggy The Invisible Woman Cable Forum Mod Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: between Portsmouth and Southampton. Age: 73 Services: VM XL TV,50 MB VM BB,VM landline, Tivo Posts: 40,367	Re: 'Ã‚Â£10 licence to smoke' proposed How disingenuous of the government.They dare not ban tobacco or alcohol outright because of the loss of tax income and keep increasing the tax which rakes in more tax and then are to contemplate taking more money in another sort of tax.Yet they are reluctant to ban it because it will just drive it underground in a similar manner that happened to drugs(and alcohol in the US Prohibition era).As it is Customs and Excise chase almost as many tobacco and alcohol smugglers as drug smugglers. I think it is an affront to freedom to demand that smokers should be treated like children and be licenced in their own home..I'm sick of the nanny state that is step by step removing our rights as adults to choose to do what we like with our own bodies. Mark my words when tobacco is finally,totally banned further down the line, alcohol will be next.I wonder how all those drinking non smokers will feel then? __________________ Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Shakespeare..