2007-12-07 11:56:01 · 29 answers · asked by Scraggle_aggle_baggle_laggle 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Contrary to popular belief, smokers do not cost the UK health service more than they provide in revenue. This is just wrong.
Smoking-related illnesses costs the country about £1.5 billion per annum. Revenues from tobacco taxation are around £9 billion per annum.
2007-12-07 20:24:33 · answer #1 · answered by kinning_park 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to the answer above me, the government recieve far more in tobbaco tax than the nhs spends on treating smoke related illnesses.
Far more is spent by the NHS on drink related illnesses and drink fuelled violence and stupidity.
Look at the madia coverage of late, relating to obesity studies, look at the media coverage of late relating to drinkling problems, here lies the next target for the liberal do gooders.
So all of you fat drinkers had better watch out, you are going to get hammered by tax.
2007-12-08 00:11:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I guess in the UK at least it's all relative - the taxes on cigarettes go back into the NHS to cover smoking related illness costs, so without those costs there would be no need for the tax. Although I'm sure that's entirely theoretical...
2007-12-07 12:02:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Booze and fuel.
It's nice to see people banging on about the costs of treating smoking related illness to the NHS. Tobacco taxation raises revenue of £9.5bn compared with the £1.7bn spent on treating smoking-related illness.
2007-12-07 18:11:36 · answer #4 · answered by Paul D 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What billions? There aren't billions left over today from the excise tax on cigarettes. The government is spending those billions on health care for the people who smoked all their lives and are now suffering from emphysema and lung cancer. My guess is that they just about break even.
So there shouldn't be a problem when smoking becomes illegal or out of fashion.
2007-12-07 12:07:45 · answer #5 · answered by artistagent116 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
The goverment is a little bigger then JP Morgan. Employees a few million more and actually provides services. JP morgan does nothing then swap paper
2016-04-08 00:35:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carbon Tax..............on greenhouse gases...
That's what all this "Global Warming" education, is all about!
P.S.
Was going to take -a - break from yahoo...but some good questions.Yay....3 cheers!
Footnote:Every single person I know who has given up smoking, is now on anti-depressants, which are funded by taxes.
2007-12-07 16:31:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They will tax everthing else to make up for it. Income tax will rise, NHS contributions will rise, and they'll slap VAT on food and other VAT exempt commodities.
2007-12-08 07:30:05 · answer #8 · answered by Rosina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make people pay for their own healthcare, like america where you need medical cover for every illness etc.
Then i think they will start and tax anything they can. And higher rates of tax too on what they already do.
2007-12-07 12:06:05 · answer #9 · answered by 2plus3 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
More lottos that will increase the tax burden on the poor just like they way they tax smokers.
2007-12-07 12:06:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋