ok 2 amendments the cost to nhs is only the lower figure of £2.7 the higher one includes loses to industry and a lot of other stuff so not faire to compare as they are not included in the stats for smoking
the figure for alcohol tax including the vat is some where near £10 billion but as i am adding up from several sites the moment i cant give a citation at the moment lol ( there must be a stats site out there with this on one page sigh )
so not as big as gap as i first saw but alcohol still out pays it way to thr nhs
as to the other bits even if you just take 10% of those other ilness cost and add them to smoking costs it soon piles up
( lol i only got into the figures as a side point
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main point smoking damages not only the smoker i have no problem with people doing anything they like whether harmfull or dangerous as long as they keep it to themselves