the thing that gets me is that smokers, drinkers and drivers are just easy targets, bung a couple of pence on the tax levels here and there and it's done and we're also an easy target for those who want to snipe. What Neil said is right, you walk into the Dr's with any ailment and it's immediately put down to smoking and in the GP's eyes you're nothing but a waste of money. I had a somewhat overheated discussion with a GP some time about ago about this, replying to her comments about smokers being a drain on public spending I mentioned the fact that nigh on the biggest drain was the benefits system and as long as GP's were issuing mickey mouse sicknotes to anyone that walked in complaining of an ailment that most people would just get on with this wasn't gonna change. Don't think she appreciated it but the look on her face was worth it.
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