All packaging for smokes in the U.K are being made to be plain and all packets sold are to be out of sight. Not as bad as banning them, but still none of their fucking business.
On the point of people paying more/less for healthcare insurance depending on their life style choices, I'm VERY against that idea. People who drink/smoke/eat to much already pay more in taxes to fund their particular habit. Smokers pay £7bn in tax in the u.k. and smoking costs the NHS £5bn a year. With another £1.5bn going on the effects of passive smoking. Binge Drinking costs the NHS £2.7bn whilst the governemnt takes over £14bn in taxes for alcohol a year. So smokers and drinkers actually make money for the U.K in taxes. So they should also pay more for healthcare? Also, while people who do live unhealthy life styles may cost more in short term healthcare, they do on average die younger so cost a hell of a lot less in the long run, as paying to look after the old and dying costs much, much more than looking after a smoker/drinker while they die younger.
On the point of people paying more/less for healthcare insurance depending on their life style choices, I'm VERY against that idea. People who drink/smoke/eat to much already pay more in taxes to fund their particular habit. Smokers pay £7bn in tax in the u.k. and smoking costs the NHS £5bn a year. With another £1.5bn going on the effects of passive smoking. Binge Drinking costs the NHS £2.7bn whilst the governemnt takes over £14bn in taxes for alcohol a year. So smokers and drinkers actually make money for the U.K in taxes. So they should also pay more for healthcare? Also, while people who do live unhealthy life styles may cost more in short term healthcare, they do on average die younger so cost a hell of a lot less in the long run, as paying to look after the old and dying costs much, much more than looking after a smoker/drinker while they die younger.
