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Old 02-16-2008, 08:19 AM   #36 (permalink)
Knaur Amarsh
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Originally Posted by dave lukins View Post
Some idiot Professor has asked for Smokers to pay a £10 year licence fee. He want people to show their licence before they can buy cigarettes.
Thats such a ridiculous idea.Already,the anti-smoking lobby is campaigning for increasing tobbaco prices,to "discourage" people for smoking,which again is crap.If I want to smoke a cigarette inspite of all their paranoid warnings,I ll want to smoke a cigarette even if it's more expensive.Of course,if they make it really expensive,the lower middle class working guy will probably be forced to switch to a cheaper,possibly unfiltered brand,which won't exactly serve their purposes,would it?I fail to understand the purpose of such a 10 bucks license fee suggestion,it sends out the wrong idea.As soon as one country implements it,anti-smokers all over the world will be all for it.Seen it already in case of the ban on smoking in public places fiasco......
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