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Penalty could keep smokers out of health overhaul - Bloomberg
2013-01-26
Shouldn't he be dealing with bedbugs or something...
Posted by:Besoeker

#11  Bingo, BP! :-D
Posted by: Barbara   2013-01-26 13:12  

#10  >"Your freedom is likely to be someone else's harm,"

Which is why we're subsidising peoples bad habits with state wage based fees rather than risk based insurance fees....

The people on benefits are most fat. Is there a correlation between living on benefits and poor health? Should we be slashing benefits? If it saves one life...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2013-01-26 12:50  

#9  Whoops same time post... never mind.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-01-26 12:17  

#8  All hear-say.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-01-26 12:16  

#7  A related AP piece contains a brief tidbit that should send chills down the collective (pun not intended) spines of all Americans:

So let's return to the original question: Why provoke a backlash? If 1 in 5 U.S. adults smoke, and 1 in 3 are obese, why not just get off their backs and let them go on with their (probably shortened) lives?

Because it's not just about them, say some health economists, bioethicists and public health researchers.

"Your freedom is likely to be someone else's harm," said Daniel Callahan, senior research scholar at a bioethics think-tank, the Hastings Center.


Goodbye America, we hardly knew ye.
Posted by: AzCat   2013-01-26 12:16  

#6  What about second hand smokers?

Second hand Doctors?
Posted by: junkiron   2013-01-26 11:41  

#5  If instead of tax, smokes should be sold bundled with health insurance vouchers.

Problem sorted. Now back to proper health problems the state should worry about like immigration.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2013-01-26 07:03  

#4  You don't seem to be able to grasp the simple principle of Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi, tu3031
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-01-26 06:09  

#3  It's Bloomberg BusinessWeek, not Nanny New York.
And doesn't a certain US president like to fire up a Newport every once in awhile?
Posted by: tu3031   2013-01-26 02:24  

#2  Smokers be advised; your yellow arm band is for your protection and the protection of those around you. Don't leave home without it!
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-01-26 02:02  

#1  If the bedbugs were smoking and drinking large sugary beverages, the lil' sumbitches would history by now.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-01-26 01:43  

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