Should cigarette smokers be refused medical treatment for lung cancer if they continue smoking?

Answer 1

Should construction workers be refused treatment when they walk into the hospital with a nail through their hand, or a kid when he shoves a crayon up his nose.....with the amount of tax that smokers pay for their habits.....let'em smoke and be cared for when they die just like anyone else.

Im a smoker.....Im an idiot, but I also use a cell phone, a microwave and live within 5km of power lines.....which one gave me the cancer????

I somehow doubt that people with colon cancer have been smoking out of their asses.

Answer 2

I smoke, but I am considerate to others I don't smoke around my kids..If I am at my kids's baseball game I always go at least 100 feet away from the people on the bleachers, where no one is around.I do have to say that i'm a little offended by you saying cigarette smokers are the most selfish of all addicts. I'm divorcing my husband after 11yrs or his meth/crack/coke/pot/beer addictions and HIS addictions have been way more selfish and dangerous to me and my kids than me having a cigarette..Tell me...when was the last time a person that only had a cigarette beat you, choked you until you passed out, held a knife to your throat in front of your son that was 8 yrs old at the time, or thrown a knife at you pregnant belly when you where 8 months pregnant? Wanna talk about selfish addiction huh? How about him spending all his money on drugs instead of giving me a dime for child support. Or deciding one his one day a week to visit his kids is too much of a hassle, because I made it for a Staurday evening and there was a party. Hell ...I wouldn't even smoke if I hadn't had to live so many years with a truely selfish addict! Trust me Dear, there are alot more addictions out there that lead people to kill/murder others way quicker and more violently than a cigarette ever would.

Answer 3

Absolutely, if they aren't paying for their treatment themselves. If they are paying for treatment themselves then I guess it's their choice if they want to flush loads of money down the toilet over a filthy habit. I don't imagine that any right-minded insurance company would cover it if they actually knew that the patient was a smoker. Then again...I see stupid stuff all day long.

The next problem that I have with this is that there are probably thousands of people waiting on a transplant list who don't smoke and if the medical treatment consists of lung transplant then I really have a problem it. My daughter has cystic fibrosis and it is realistic to imagine that she will likely need a lung transplant by the time she is 25 or 30...I would kill the smoker on the transplant list above her with my bare hands if it came to that.

Answer 4

No, the tobacco companies should pay for their treatment. This would be no different than someone who had eaten too much fat and had gallstones and refused treatment, or someone with no insurance refused treatment, or illegal aliens refused treatment. I believe cigarettes should be outlawed, but then, I would not like something I partake in made illegal. Cigarettes are an addiction just like drugs, or coffee, or soda, or eating too much. I feel sorry for people who smoke. My husband quit 30 years ago and it was the hardest thing he has ever done.

Answer 5

I look at this way, roughly over a million is spent on funding research work for cancer of all kind including lung cancer, where does these money come from to the governament , by the tax smokers paying ,and from the tax alcoholics paying, so our governament is very funny ,in the first place why should they give licence? it is business...even smokers are alos paying medical insurence, is deniying treatment for them is justified ? when u successfully complete ur medical degree u take oath that u will save the life of a patient irrespective gender,age,race,caste so ,they need special care i think ,they need special attention

Answer 6

they should still get medical treatment just like everyone else. I am a respiratory major and trust me people smoke all the time even if they are dying. Depending on how bad the lung cancer is they are going to die anyways, why not let them smoke if they want to? If you're going to die you may as well die happy! I mean Pepsi is bad for you but some people want one before they die, it may do them more harm than good..but hey it's what they want

Answer 7

No we shouldn't be refused treatment, we need help . I'm a smoker {30 years} and not proud but it is an addiction just like drugs,alcohol and gambling. I have really tried to stop smoking but failed and i wish there is something i can take or do that would REALLY help me.

Answer 8

It's an addiction, remember? That means for a lot of smokers quitting is next to impossible. I think the only way they can refuse me treatment for the cancer is if they provide free detox for nicotine like they do for other addictive substances.

Answer 9

Should alcoholics be refused medical treatment for liver disease?
Should gluttons be refused medical treatment for weight related problems?
Should condomless sexual partners be refused medical treatment for HIV/AIDS?
Should older males be refused medical treatment for erectile disfunction?
Should females and asians be refused medical treatment for an auto accident as a result of horrible driving?

Should soldiers be refused medical treatment for going to war in Iraq?

Answer 10

No I'm a smoker, and the 800%. tax & pay on tobacco funds the NHS, curing not jut smoking related diseases. In fact, obesity costs the NHS more than smoking but they don't tax fatty foods or stop treatment unless you lose weight.