Cigarette tax is a good idea in so many ways

[donnashuggy]

Smoking is just not enjoyable anymore anyway as it is just not socially acceptable.

You can't smoke here, you can't smoke there, what a terrible addiction to have 

Everyone should just give up!

[spotweldersfriend]

As long as the keep their grubby hands off my Cohiba's.Viva Fidel 🙂

[lakeland27]

  haven't had a cigar since the nineties, not orally anyway.

[iamanark]

I smoked for 50 years … and my health (my chest) was in terrible condition … I had to give up or die … but I never tried because of the horror stories you hear from people who tried (stories like, it is easier to give up heroin than tobacco) …

Then one day, I ran out of tobacco (I smoked rollies, about 40 - 50 a day) and said to myself, well now seems to be a good time to try … cold turkey ! .

Unbelievably, remarkably, it was easy … not a worry … wow … I now believe I was never really addicted … a heavy heavy smoker yes !, but not really addicted … there was no withdrawal symptoms, no cravings, maybe a little strange not to have a **bleep** in my hand

Speaking to other reformed smokers, there are others like me … went cold turkey … no worries,

So give it a try, maybe you are one of the lucky ones. Like me, you may be a heavy smoker, but not really addicted. So don’t believe all those horror stories

It might be easier than you think

One of the best decisions I have ever made in my life (and most probably saved me from an early death !)…

And the money I have saved, I can now buy more beer

[*elizabeths-mum*]

I've been puzzling - was the word that has been bleeped  'f.a.g' ?

testing here **bleep** 

[newstart2380]

Just saw a lady on the news crying because she is a pensioner and can' t afford to smoke anymore, she should save her money and go to the community dentist, yuk vision. I am a reformed smoker and have absolutely no sympathy for anyone who cannot quit, of I can u can

[*elizabeths-mum*]

Life is very black and white for you isn't it, newstart.

[newstart2380]

No not really, I am just a realist and live in the real world. If government had the guts to make smoking illegal ( like drugs) it may lessen, yes it would still be attained on the black market but if you could not buy cigs in a shop it would be harder and MAY stop young people taking up the habit. It's another case of shutting the gate after the horse has bolted. Governments are so hypocritical, they say they want to stop smoking but they still want the revenue.

[***super_nova***]

I have a feeling that the revenue from cigarettes does not cover what smoking costs in health cost.  And why should other people pay taxes for treating smokers for their self inflicted illnesses?

[spotweldersfriend]

Also I heard it reported that alcohol costs the community $20+ billion per annum.That's obviously policing,assaults,car accidents,hospitals and the large number of road injuries that renders a lot of the victims unable to work again.There's also a huge cost to business with workers taking sickies due to hangovers.Alcohol for me is society's real demon.

[spotweldersfriend]

And on the subject of respiratory ailments I wonder how many are caused by vehicle emissions ?