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Thread ID: 125854	2012-07-23 20:37:00	Smoking & sale of tobacco	globe (11482)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1290236	2012-07-23 23:21:00	Filthy smoking bastards I hate them.We really need a system where if they are caught smoking in public they lose any benefits, car and gun licences along with a $10, 000 fine. I had a boss in Australia who would throw spanners or anything to hand if a smoker came into our workshop with a lit fag. When I learnt to fly the chief instructor had a water pistol and would shoot at smokers ciggies. We are pussyfooting around with smokers at the moment need to up the ante with the filthy bastards.	prefect (6291)
1290237	2012-07-23 23:40:00	Anyone here who is saying that what they are doing is a bad thing, should learn up about an economic term called 'negative externalities'. Meaning ? What that the effect of smoking on society is negative ?	globe (11482)
1290238	2012-07-23 23:44:00	We should also ban cars, specify a term of imprisonment for selling sugar, and sterilise the stupid.	fred_fish (15241)
1290239	2012-07-23 23:50:00	I wonder if this could be why they just don't just ban the substance instead of all this posturing? :rolleyes: "Responding to questions, Prime Minister John Key said the Government needed to discourage people from picking up the smoking habit. The increase in excise will account for an extra $200 million a year in government revenue, with tobacco taxes raising about $1.3 billion annually". Hmmm, the cynical would suggest some double standards here would they not. :D	B.M. (505)
1290240	2012-07-24 00:58:00	We should also ban cars, specify a term of imprisonment for selling sugar, and sterilise the stupid. Pretty much where it is all heading EDIT: trouble is if you banned smoking say tomorrow, you are still going to have 20-40 years of people getting sick, the effects are not instantaneous. where is the tax going to come to pay for that?? Beer (read alcohol) is next	Gobe1 (6290)
1290241	2012-07-24 01:00:00	You want to smoke? Are you of age? Can you afford it? If you answered yes to all these questions then more power to you! I'll brb I'm going for a Ciggy .	lordnoddy (3645)
1290242	2012-07-24 01:52:00	As far as the cost of smoking being a drag on the Healthcare Budget I too have seen figures that suggest they should be encouraging smoking. I must try and find them but from memory they were based on a packet of 20 per day and the tax collected from that smoker over the average life expectancy of a smoker opposed to the tax collected off a non-smoker (nil) and the extended life expectancy of the non-smoker where pensions etc are paid. Anyway, from a purely financial point of view, it suggested the Government should definitely be encouraging smoking. :lol: Yeah, but by that logic the government should be encouraging all retirees and beneficiaries to get pissed out of their brains and play Russian Roulette, coz it would sure take a burden off the health and welfare systems. Lets encourage everyone to abandon their cars and walk. It would relieve the roading burden, the polution and traffic congestion, we'd achieve better health and we'd hit our carbon reduction targets.... that's not gonna happen either, but it sure makes good sense.	Paul.Cov (425)
1290243	2012-07-24 02:50:00	Lets encourage everyone to abandon their cars and walk. It would relieve the roading burden, the polution and traffic congestion, we'd achieve better health and we'd hit our carbon reduction targets.... that's not gonna happen either, but it sure makes good sense. Yes it makes perfect sense. A 4hour walk to work every morning, in the winter rain. sterilize the stupid someone said ?? :p	1101 (13337)
1290244	2012-07-24 02:58:00	We should also ban cars, specify a term of imprisonment for selling sugar, and sterilise the stupid. Now we are talking sense	prefect (6291)
1290245	2012-07-24 02:59:00	We should also ban cars, specify a term of imprisonment for selling sugar, and sterilise the stupid. A couple grains of powder A couple grams of lead A touch against the trigger A touch inside the head Now we are talking sense	prefect (6291)
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