If they decide to not treat smokers under NHS as self inflicted?

Question

Will they not treat car accident victims as they should not have been in a car.

And the list goes on ,trampoline accidents,skateboard accidents etc,they are all self inflicted

Answer 1

i think the government has a duty to provide heath care equally for every citizen in our nation , wether they smoke or not , after all they allow cigarettes to be sold and they cream off an amazing amount of tax from it , and to be honest with you they would be f***ed if they didnt have this money, granted they have bowed to pressure over smoking in the work place and public but why not just ban it completely ? because they relay on this money as an easy source of revenue.... although the ban will dent this .....watch out for a variety of stealth taxes,................... untill they make it illigal to smoke they have no right to refuse treatment or anything like that........... but saying that , heroin is illigal and do they refuse treatment to smack heads......just the opposite they throw money at the problem .......another gr8 question pups xx

Answer 2

OK. Panic over. Now actually read the article you took this soundbite from.

In cases where through donor organ shortages choices have to be made about who gets treatment, doctors will (and always have) try to look at which case has the greatest probability of a successful outcome. This might mean that a non-smoker gets preference over a smoker in a heart transplant - the smoking habit means that other damage may be done and infection is more likely. It is a clinical decision, not a moral one.

In some cases, medics are insisting that obese people lose weight and smokers quit before carrying out surgical procedures. Again, these are clinical decisions. Obese people and smokers are less likely to make full recoveries from radical surgery, and are more likely to suffer adverse reactions to anaesthesia, especially if the procedure is a long one.

Answer 3

I'm sure the NHS and government will use any excuse to avoid spending money on "self inflicted illness's, but they don't mind taking the tax and National insurance contributions do they !! If they are so against smoking then why do they not put in place programmes to help us stop smoking and financial reward for us to stop, After all the do it for drug addicts and pay them to come off the crap they are ingesting

Answer 4

Hospitals get their money back from the insurance companies when you have a car accident... you can't insure yourself against getting cancer through smoking... likewise you can't insure yourself against getting fat if you choose an unhealthy lifestyle. Both are self inflicted and neither should really be treated by the NHS if it detriments the service available to others who have chosen to live a healthy life. .

Answer 5

The irony is that smokers, through taxation, pay more toward the upkeep of the NHS than non-smokers. So how can this stance be justified?
What next- you can't use you local library if you pay your community charge?

Answer 6

non smokers can get lung cancer from second hand smoke, is that our fault too? And yet drug addicts can receive disability from the state because of the fact that they can't hold jobs do to "recovering process" and don't try to argue that one with me I PERSONALLY know some on who does this. Its hard to say but the whole thing is crap! People make decisions, bad or good, if there sick it shouldn't matter, give them help!

Answer 7

Aids, self inflicted

Answer 8

I can't say you are really being fair when most smokers alive today, were told, with "scientific" data that smoking was good for you, when they knew it was deadly. After hooked, quiting is one of the hardest things you will ever do.

The government subsidized tobacco farmers, and everyone taxed the hell out of it. Now we know that it kills, eventually, most of those who used it, the government sues and gets BILLIONS! Is it spent on smoker cessation programs or to pay for patches! Hardly!

Answer 9

std's, obesity, booze, drugs, sport related injuries, all of these could be judged as self inflicted..............so the health service only treat healthy people................perfect.

Answer 10

lol.. they dont mean "not treat EVERYONE that smokes"..

only those people who have their health affected by smoking, EG cancer, organ diseases etc.

an accident has nothing to do with smoking, so that person will be treated