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Originally Posted by Geoffrey Collier
. They also have poorer health
and cost the Health Service more, .
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Contribution to the exchequer of smokers in tobacco duty..... £ 9bn
Cost to health service of 'smoking related diseases'*............ £ 1bn
Amount you'd have to pay in tax if smoking was banned........ £ 8bn
*'smoking related disease' - any form of heart disease in a smoker, regardless of whether it is equally prevalent among non-smokers or not. Alternatively, any form of heart disease in a non-smoker who has worked in a smoke-filled environment, regardless of whether it is equally prevalent amongst non-smokers who have not worked in a smoke-filled environment.
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