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Smoking is bad for your health, we all know that now, but as my in laws told me, she went to the doctor as a young women and wanted to loose weight, the doctor told her to take up smoking! Also, I believe they used to send smokes to the forces in combat zones in the second World War?? So I think it is unfair to expect people to stop now in that age bracket.
And yes, isn't it easier to get addicted to than heroin, and as hard to give up?? As far as that goes everyone is different, I know people who have said, 'When I have finished that packet - that is it" and after 30 odd years they did it.
Then there are the people who have tried everything, nicotine patches, cold turkey, hypnosis and it still doesn't work for them?
And the Govt is addicted to the revenue it gets from cigarettes so it is a Catch 22 situation? If most people stopped smoking, they would have a huge hole in revenue to fill somehow?
A real bloody conundrum
My GP is an Addiction Specilialist. No, I don't live in a druggy area, just his forte. We have discussed "smoking" and I commented "I think it is harder to give up than heroin as heroin does seem to have many Govt subsidised and recognised treatments while smoking is cold turkey." He agreed on this.
When you look at the Govt getting 60-80% of the cost in revenue, does anyone really believe that the Govt wants people to stop addicts from smoking or drinking?