NHS

The NHS is there to cater for rich and poor and we all pay for our care in one way or another.

Posted by: chas

choice

Lifestyle choice ? Who should have the right to say what lifestyle choice people make ? Smokers pay a huge amount of tax which not only helps pay for the NHS but also helps pay for non smokers treatment. How about the people that choose to drive? as we know traffic fumes help to kill everyone,should we ban driving as a lifestyle choice. It is time some common sense was shown.

Posted by: F Wilson

Who will play God ?

Who is to play God and decide which 'lifestyles' are not 'healthy' I smoke and pay a fortune in tax yet a person that engages in dangerous sports pays nothing. People walking in the street are living 'unhealthy' lifestyles due to the diesel fumes belched out hourly. Are they to be penalised because they decide to walk in the street ? Just because 'studies' show that practically everything we eat/drink/smoke are 'dangerous' why should we believe these self styled 'experts' as they usually have their own agenda and pocket to think of. Nicotine replacement, diet pills etc are big earners for the pharmaceutical companies and many 'experts' give out false information in the 'studies' in order to feather their own nests vis the drug company 'bribes' to state that certain lifestyles are dangerous. Let smokers tax be taken out of the Treasury and let the smokers that pay that tax use their taxes to pay for private medical care and very soon the NHS budget will be unable to pay for treatment for the 'healthy' amongst us.

Posted by: Jane