What Are Some Ways To Improve On The Current Nhs Smoking Policies?
obviously the current anti-smoking policies of the NHS are quite effective…
however, there are still a great number of people who smoke in the UK.
what can be done in order to improve the anti-smoking policies in the NHS?
are there any other countries with different policies which have proven to be successful that the NHS and UK can adopt?
February 8th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
The NHS shouldn’t even have an anti-smoking policy, because it is none of their damn business. They have more important things to focus on than nannying social engineering, like not killing thousands of people each year with MRSA type bugs.
EDIT I would just add one point to ‘paconet 1′ tax argument. The Government also saves a fortune on pension payments, and I don’t buy the so called additional costs argument and passive smoking arguments promoted by the anti-smoking lobby. You can only die once, and you have to die of something.
February 9th, 2010 at 6:46 am
Well, to be honest… you are not really going to get someone to stop smoking.
There is also another debate which is traffic fumes. These are far more deadlier than tobacco smoke.
For example, if you were to be shut in a small garage with one car running, you probably wouldn’t last long at all.
Now, take the same garage and fill it with people smoking, you aren’t going to die – and that is pretty much harmless in comparison to the above.
Do you drive? You are a hypocrite to just blame cigarette smokers. According the the World Health Organisation Air pollution is estimated to cause approximately 2 million premature deaths worldwide per year.
THAT’S JUST THE POLLUTION — NOW GET THIS:
1.2 million people are killed on roads every year and up to 50 million more are injured. These casualties of the road will increase if action is not taken.
The biggest killer
· Road crashes are already the number one killer of young people aged 10-24
· By 2020 the World Health Organisation estimates that road deaths will rise by 60 per cent
· Worldwide, from 2000-2015, one billion people are forecast to be affected by road deaths, injury or bereavement
· The cost to developing countries is put at $100bn a year, their total aid budget
· Wearing a seatbelt would save half of all car occupants who die in crashes
· In Britain 3,172 people died in road accidents in 2006
Sources: Commission for Global Road Safety; Department for Transport
February 9th, 2010 at 8:46 am
the last thing the government want is people to stop smoking, however much the anti-smoking cronies bleat on about how much it costs the NHS to treat smoking related illnesses (3 BILLION POUNDS), the taxes made off cigarettes are far greater ( 9 BILLION POUNDS) . those are government figures available under the freedom of information act, so no nothing will ever be done to improve anti-smoking polices
February 9th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
I think the NHS support policies are excellent however they are there to support those who have CHOSEN to give up. The scare tactic advertisements never worked for me, I’m not stupid, I know the dangers of smoking and I still chose to smoke. It was purely my own decision to stop.
What may help people to make the decision is a positive campaign. Get ex smokers to talk about how much better they feel / look and how much better off they are.
I have to admit I was genuinely surprised that within less than a week of giving up I had stopped coughing, had more energy and my 42 year old skin looked years younger!
February 9th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Outdoor smoking rooms in hospitals.
Cheaper cigarettes for the over 60’s.
Singapore has a strict non-smoking in public policy, so smokers are not often seen outside their own home.
Apparently Singapore is very clean, no chewing gum in public places and not so many anti social tendencies.
Not sure how these would go down in the UK, though.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:06 am
As long as smoking remains legal, it’s up to the individual. The current policies have gone as far as they practically can, I think, to protect non smokers from the effects of passive smoking. Now it’s down to people deciding themselves that they want to stop – or not.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Sod off – give us a room or some sort of covered area to enjoy our sin, funny how since this came in the amount of non-smokers join the smokers outside and then some of the cheeky ******** have the audacity to complain
February 10th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
I would prefer to see a person with a cig in their hand and not a gun. The gun problems need to be sorted out not the smoker.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Do you not think it is up to each person if they want to smoke or not do people tell you not to drink or do dangerous sports