what a load of b****cks.....

[senor_robusto]

check this nonsense out:

http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/uk-could-no-smoking-nation-2032-001234969.html

alex

[Wardjrz]

So where the bleeding hell are the UK government going to recouop the billions of ?'s in lost tax revenue from if they ban smoking completely.

Not a chance.

[Manning]

wtf happend to freedom of choice!

[monkey66]

Funny how nobody starts on alcohol ...far, far more damaging to society than tobacco.

[nev coss]

I would have thought it was better to target the illegal drug trade,cannabis is as freely available as smuggled tobacco

[Bigboned]

Looks like your gonna need to come my way to Herf Alex! I have the malts in !

[Petedam]

Don't worry chaps, never gonna happen, no government can afford to loose that much in tobacco duty.

[Vortigan]

Funny how nobody starts on alcohol ...far, far more damaging to society than tobacco.

+1 here!! Thing is though that vomiting in the sreet,casual violence against strangers,wife beating etc etc are still somehow acceptable,or at least excused! "Yes your honour,he did go home after a night out and kick the shit out of his wife because there was no milk in the fridge.....but he WAS drunk at the time"!! Oh well,that's alright then!!! I mean alcoholism is still,unbelievably,believed by some people to be a disease!!! A f**kin disease!!!!!! never heard such bollocks my whole life!!

I am sorry,I do realise I'm looking at it through an extreme lens.I'm just tired of one "societal ill" being practically celebrated and another demonised.

[Puff Scotty]

I suppose the HALF-MILLION people opposing plain wrappers are going to be ignored by the Government. (source TMA).

Smoking is estimated to cost the NHS in England alone ?2.7bn per year, with the cost to society as a whole estimated to be ?13.74bn. WTF!

I suppose this estimate is just a statistic to offset the ?12.1bn HMG raised in revenues....GRRRR!

[Puff Scotty]

Funny how nobody starts on alcohol ...far, far more damaging to society than tobacco.

I don't suppose they'll do House of Commons whisky in a plain bottle.......