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Shin Pad · 12-30-2008, 09:36 PM

I am a non-smoker, but I don't mind that smokers are paying huge taxes to support their habits. Now, the only other thing that needs to be done is that smokers need pay extra premiums for their Alberta Health Insurance. To hell if I want pay for them costing our health care system huge amounts of money because they want to smoke. BTW - the same thing should go for people who drink. Also, they should do blood tests on everyone to see if they are drug users - if they are - higher premiums for you. Better yet, take the lot of them out and shoot them.....

Where does it end.

Really though, cigarettes are highly taxed now, smokers are limited to clustering out in a cold alley to smoke, how much more can they do to make it miserable enough for them to stop smoking. If people still smoke after all the warnings, health concerns, smoking bans and all the rest - then let them have at it. I'm just happy to be able to go out to places these days and not have to breath second hand smoke. That's good enough for me.

12-30-2008, 09:36 PM	#62
Shin Pad First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	I am a non-smoker, but I don't mind that smokers are paying huge taxes to support their habits. Now, the only other thing that needs to be done is that smokers need pay extra premiums for their Alberta Health Insurance. To hell if I want pay for them costing our health care system huge amounts of money because they want to smoke. BTW - the same thing should go for people who drink. Also, they should do blood tests on everyone to see if they are drug users - if they are - higher premiums for you. Better yet, take the lot of them out and shoot them..... Where does it end. Really though, cigarettes are highly taxed now, smokers are limited to clustering out in a cold alley to smoke, how much more can they do to make it miserable enough for them to stop smoking. If people still smoke after all the warnings, health concerns, smoking bans and all the rest - then let them have at it. I'm just happy to be able to go out to places these days and not have to breath second hand smoke. That's good enough for me.