British Doctors Favor Withholding Medical Treatment For Smokers and the Obese

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eugenedw's picture
eugenedw, posted on May 02, 2012

I don't know much about Britain, but I am going to assume that just as here in South Africa, cigarettes are heavily taxed, ostensibly to help pay for the costs of treating patients with smoking-related diseases. Can we assume that if such patients will no longer receive treatment, that the state will also cease the taxation of tobacco?

Yes, it's a rhetorical question... :-)

Persona non grata's picture
Persona non grata, posted on May 02, 2012

Is that the Hippocratic Oath or the hypocritic oath?

The decline of Western Civilization continues.

ReverendDraco's picture
ReverendDraco, posted on May 03, 2012

And people will *still* be agitating for NHS-style healthcare in the US. . .
(I'm sorry, you smoke cigarettes, I can't treat your completely unrelated illness)

 

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