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Smokers poll

Would you take advantage of free treatment to kick tobacco addiction?

  • Yes and I think I would finally be able to kick the habit

    Votes: 2 8.7%

  • Yes - although I am unsure it would work

    Votes: 2 8.7%

  • No - I will continue to smoke

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • No - If I want to quit I can do it on my own

    Votes: 10 43.5%

  • Perhaps when I am ready to quit

    Votes: 3 13.0%

  • other

    Votes: 5 21.7%
  • Total voters
    23
I'm in the process of quitting at the moment, and I get my nicotine replacement therapy free from the NHS. They offer patches, pills, inhalators and nicotine gum, plus group support sessions.
 
TOJ said:
So if it was a freeby, you wouldn't mind wasting the money but you are not willing to risk it if you had to use your own money. Exactly why it shoud not be government funded. ;)


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I have bought the gum on my own. And it is not government funded, it is user funded. I buy the smokes, pay the tax and that pays for the replacement. How is that government bought?
 
TOJ said:
So do those that never use the program get their money back? ;)
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It's a HYPOTHETICAL situation.

If it assuages your "entitlement program" warning system then lets say it hypothetically is a deposit.

You pay a few cents per pack, if you decide you want to quit and want to take advantage of the deposit to do so, then you turn in x amount of box tops to cover or offset the treatment options.

If you don't want to play then you can turn in your box tops for a refund of the deposit.
 
marduc said:
It's a HYPOTHETICAL situation.

If it assuages your "entitlement program" warning system then lets say it hypothetically is a deposit.

You pay a few cents per pack, if you decide you want to quit and want to take advantage of the deposit to do so, then you turn in x amount of box tops to cover or offset the treatment options.

If you don't want to play then you can turn in your box tops for a refund of the deposit.
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What's the purpose of getting the government involved unless your goal is to increase government employment? I bet you are one of those that think getting a big income tax refund it is a good thing. :tocktock2

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I've quit cigarettes many times, that won't be a problem. Quitting other drugs-- ones that aren't dangerous, on the other hand.... haha
 
TOJ said:
What's the purpose of getting the government involved unless your goal is to increase government employment? I bet you are one of those that think getting a big income tax refund it is a good thing. :tocktock2

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And I bet your attempt to pigeonhole me is way off, so you can drop your partisan attacks here.
 
I must be a 13 year old boy at heart because the title of this thread makes me giggle.

He said smoker's pole. :lol:
 
Tucker Case said:
I must be a 13 year old boy at heart because the title of this thread makes me giggle.

He said smoker's pole. :lol:
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hahah especially if you have a NE accent and a tendency to drop the r's

Smoke-hiz pole.
 
"If there was an effective treatment option for your addiction readily available, and at no cost funded from a tax on tobacco products would you participate, and do you think you could kick the habit with readily available professional help/treatment?" - marduc

After 23 years I finally quit when I got "the shot". I just never wanted another cigarette after that...no nic-fits, nuthin'. It cost me almost $600 but I have more than saved that amount since quitting.

But the fact is that I made choice to start smoking to begin with and nobody, including taxpayers, owed me any kind of treatment option.

It was my choice to pick up a cigarette and my responsibility to put 'em down.

And it didn't cost the taxpayers anything.
 
marduc said:
And I bet your attempt to pigeonhole me is way off, so you can drop your partisan attacks here.
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So you think its partisan to think folks should take care of themselves. That explains your wanting others to give you free stuff. :roll:


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TOJ said:
So you think its partisan to think folks should take care of themselves. That explains your wanting others to give you free stuff. :roll:


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ohh im sorry.. your attempt to stereotype me based on limited information was not because it was one of those "damned liberal" entitlement ideas?

And again you stereotype me, the hypothetical has nothing to do with "free stuff"

but whatever, I threw you a bone to actually try to get you to participate constructively in this thread.

think what you may.. I am a damn tree hugging no tax paying liberal after another free handout.. you got me., that was the purpose of this thread. I'm done with your distractions.
 
it just made me throw-up every day! but i quit, and 1 1/2 yrs later, still smoke free. although i STILL want to smoke.......
 
Entitlement.... controversial
So we tax the living daylights out of tobacco and then entice men to stop smoking ...as an entitlement ??
Makes no sense.
Will health care be that much less expensive when there are no accidents, no smoking, no pollution ??
 
marduc said:
ohh im sorry.. your attempt to stereotype me based on limited information was not because it was one of those "damned liberal" entitlement ideas?

And again you stereotype me, the hypothetical has nothing to do with "free stuff"

but whatever, I threw you a bone to actually try to get you to participate constructively in this thread.

think what you may.. I am a damn tree hugging no tax paying liberal after another free handout.. you got me., that was the purpose of this thread. I'm done with your distractions.
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No thanks, unlike you, I don't need any bones or anything else thrown to me. I can take care of myself. ;)


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No program is going to be particularly effective unless the smoker really wants to quit, and if the smoker really wants to quit, there are a large number of things that will work, many of which state governments help fund. It is something that I know the state of Michigan does.
 
Redress said:
No program is going to be particularly effective unless the smoker really wants to quit, and if the smoker really wants to quit, there are a large number of things that will work, many of which state governments help fund. It is something that I know the state of Michigan does.
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So does NYC. to the length that they cut subway lines, bus line, other public services, but kept the smoking program. :doh
 
What about all the tax burden smokers are currently carrying that non-smokers don't ?

If we are going to talk taxes and fair in the same sentence, then untax my smokes as a first measure.
 
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