in the past, young adults ,during the free, spare time ,take cigarette. and smoke, now the habit has change, all turn to hand phone for youtube ,tiktok ,etc ,for short videos shows, games or others. BAT out dated
Trailer from TV series Yes, Prime Minister: It explain about cigarette ban. The Smoke Screen (1986)
Paul Eddington: James Hacker
Jim Hacker : It says here, smoking related diseases cost the National Health Service £165 million a year.
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Yes but we've been in to that, it has been shown that if those extra 100,000 people had lived to a ripe old age, it would have cost us even more in pensions and social security than it did in medical treatment. So, financially speaking it's unquestionably better that they continue to die at their present rate. Jim Hacker : Leslie, if we do nothing, in the next ten years in this country alone we're going to have one million premature deaths.
Leslie Potts - Minister for Sport : Yes, but evenly spread. Not just in marginal constituencies.
Jim Hacker : We're talking of 100,000 deaths a year.
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Yes, but cigarette taxes pay for a third of the cost of the National Health service. We're saving many more lives than we otherwise could, because of those smokers who voluntary lay down their lives for their friends. Smokers are national benefactors.
Jim Hacker : So long as they live.
Dr. Peter Thorn -Minister of State at the DHSS : Well, briefly, I'm proposing that the government should take action to eliminate smoking: complete ban on all cigarette sponsorship and advertising, even at the point of sale, £50 million to be spent on anti-smoking publicity, ban smoking in all public places, and progressive deterrent tax rises over the next five years until a packet of 20 costs about the same as a bottle of whisky.
James Hacker : Isn't that rather drastic?
Dr. Peter Thorn -Minister of State at the DHSS : Absolutely.
Bernard Woolley : Do you think you will win this one? The tobacco lobby is incredibly powerful.
James Hacker : Well, some you win, some you lose, Bernard. This one I shall definitely lose.
Bernard Woolley : Then why?
James Hacker : If you were the Treasury, which would you rather do without? One and a half billion pounds in tax cuts or four billion pounds in lost tobacco tax revenue?
Bernard Woolley : The tax cuts. It's smaller.
James Hacker : Exactly. That's what I want and that's what I shall get.
Posted by StarOfTheBull > 22 hours ago | Report Abuse Trailer from TV series Yes, Prime Minister: It explain about cigarette ban. The Smoke Screen (1986)
likewise, gambling, liquor and even cars that produce massive amount of CO2 etc that will bring negative effect to people and society in the long run... can all countries say no to these substances and activities where it brings billions of dollars yearly as national income for national developments? before discovery other healthier substances and activities that can generate equal amount of national income for replacement, what gov can do to protect its people is to raise taxes and public awareness to remind its people the dangerous of the substance and activities to let its people decide whether to go or no go...
Gambling as a game is alright. Consume moderate amount of liquor or beer is harmless. Motor vehicle is an essential transport to move people around, the benefits are more than enough to compensate polluted smoke emission from it. Whereas smoking is bad habit that may cause early mortality.
you are right... anyway just pray for the best of the world peace... any part of the world got problem now may affect u and me who live our own life... let's hope for the best bro... good night bro
BAT is setting. Smoking is the first step towards drug abuse. Smoking is committing suicide. Where got drug addict not a smoke? Govt should tax more to rescue citizen from dying.
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冷眼投资大师都有看走眼或旧货。。因为时代已经改变了。。