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10-03-2011, 19:18

[QUOTE=DocDutch;35190426]I think its a utterly bad idea this... main reason say 1million people out of the 8million that smoke in the UK stop smoking that would create a shortfall in tax income of about 4 million a day (that is calculated that everybody smokes 1 pack a day) now I dont know if the gov would be able to counter balance that with anything else but it could be higher fuel duty, more duty on booze, higher income tax and so on.

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Simply because the government receive tax from cigarettes doesn't mean they don't have a obligation to remove the danger on behalf of the people that elected them .The alternative is to keep the staus quo and allow 1000's of people to die each year just to maintain the level of income from tobacco

10-03-2011, 19:18	#66
martyh Guest Location: newcastle upon tyne Services: Sky Q silver bundle Sky Q 2TB box Sky Q mini box Sky fibre unlimited Sky Talk evenings and week Posts: n/a	Re: More smoking restrictions (is it enough?) [QUOTE=DocDutch;35190426]I think its a utterly bad idea this... main reason say 1million people out of the 8million that smoke in the UK stop smoking that would create a shortfall in tax income of about 4 million a day (that is calculated that everybody smokes 1 pack a day) now I dont know if the gov would be able to counter balance that with anything else but it could be higher fuel duty, more duty on booze, higher income tax and so on. QUOTE] Simply because the government receive tax from cigarettes doesn't mean they don't have a obligation to remove the danger on behalf of the people that elected them .The alternative is to keep the staus quo and allow 1000's of people to die each year just to maintain the level of income from tobacco