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MSE News: Budget 2012: Cigarette prices to rise tonight
Former_MSE_Helen
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This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:
"Smokers will be hit by higher duty prices on tobacco, while alcohol duty will remain the same..."
"Smokers will be hit by higher duty prices on tobacco, while alcohol duty will remain the same..."
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Good ! Smoking is a disgusting filthy habit which kills people. I get annoyed that I can't sit at outside tables for lunch/coffee/drink without being subjected to smoke at a pub or cafe. I can smell smokers from a metre away if they smoke a lot. The more people who give up the better, frankly. Smoking shoul be illegal.
And since when did cigarettes become groceries ??0 -
good, just enough to raise some money, but not quite enough to make people quit. surely this is exactly the right amount. When i smoked, this would have made no impact on if i gave up or not.0
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Stick them up to £10 a packet
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Good ! Smoking is a disgusting filthy habit which kills people. I get annoyed that I can't sit at outside tables for lunch/coffee/drink without being subjected to smoke at a pub or cafe. I can smell smokers from a metre away if they smoke a lot. The more people who give up the better, frankly. Smoking shoul be illegal.
And since when did cigarettes become groceries ??
And anti-smokers like you should get a life and stop trying to make others life a misery.0 -
booze and fags
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And neither should drink related illnesses. Smoking and drinking costs the NHS vast amounts of money, I read somewhere that over 90% of A&E admissions over the weekend were drink related. This country is sitting on a ticking time bomb with alcohol related illnesses like liver disease etc.No, it shouldn't be illegal, as the tax is good for the economy, but smoking related diseases shouldn't be treated on the NHS either.
When the NHS is reformed properly that will go a long way towards reducing spending.Dum Spiro Spero0 -
And neither should drink related illnesses. Smoking and drinking costs the NHS vast amounts of money, I read somewhere that over 90% of A&E admissions over the weekend were drink related. This country is sitting on a ticking time bomb with alcohol related illnesses like liver disease etc.
easily believe that
I was in for "mad Friday"
I was the only non drink incident for 9 hours,in a packed A&E0 -
I hope all those on here who are vociferously anti smoking and anti drinking aren't overweight as that's unhealthy too and also costs the NHS dearly.
And no, I'm not a smoker, but I defend people's right to smoke if they so choose
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I hope all those on here who are vociferously anti smoking and anti drinking aren't overweight as that's unhealthy too and also costs the NHS dearly.
And no, I'm not a smoker, but I defend people's right to smoke if they so choose
non smoker
non drinker
paying for my gym,personal trainer,cycle instead of using the car etc etc
good enough to have an opinion,or do I need ot put in more effort?0 -
And anti-smokers like you should get a life and stop trying to make others life a misery.
Why should I put up with kipper-smelling chavvy smokers and their phlemgy coughs blowing their carcinogens over me when I want a drink/something to eat ? Smoking isn't justifiable and only losers do it.
Non-smoker, non-drinker and don't consume processed ready meal junk food or takeaways either. No halo though as I'm an atheist
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