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A stark message to smokers, you are a drain on the nhs and you are bad for britain. 0r a drain on the nhs and you are bad for britain. Or is it none of our business . Or is it everyone� s business . Or is it everyone� s business . Personalfreedom, Personal Business . Personal freedom, personal pleasure, business . Personalfreedom, personal pleasure, responsibility, consideration for others, what do you think . Is it a moral duty to quit smoking . Get in touch. Phone lines will light up as it were. Here is the news from bethan holmes. Thanks, nicky. Nhs england is expected to announce signi...

You left— know, productivity line, where if you left that line of course you were _ you left that line of course you were going away from your work. all i’i l ht, were going away from your work. right, simon, i were going away from your work. fill right, simon, i need a response from debra. a couple of things. a quick response. the notion that it improves productivity is one thing but give us an idea of the ledger, the tax paid by smokers, pitted against their cost to the rest of us that smokers incur. the against their cost to the rest of us that smokers incur.— against their cost to th...

This. but james, to your point and what you've said in the past, it's the economy, stupid, that still plays in 2013, doesn't it? >> well, not only does it play in 2013 but raising the minimum wage according to every credible study in the last 20 years has no effect on job creation. that's the first thing to remember. the second thing to remember is that the same people that don't want to raise the minimum wage want to eliminate all taxes on corporate profits, want to eliminate all taxes on -- all estate taxes, even on estates over $5 million, want to eliminate all taxes on capital gains. i mea...

Fair to people for doing a job when you've got corporate profits going through the roof, the highest in the last 20 years, why can't we do something for workers? i commend the president and democrats for doing something on this. but james, to your point and what you've said in the past, it's the economy, stupid, that still plays in 2013, doesn't it? >> well, not only does it play in 2013 but raising the minimum wage according to every credible study in the last 20 years has no effect on job creation. that's the first thing to remember. the second thing to remember is that the same people that ...