Yes I am a smoker and have done all my life ( now 61 ) never had to go to a hospital. I have worked all my life and funny enough ran and cycled all my life. I paid all my taxes and dues.I also pay a hefty tax on cigarettes, do not think druggy's pay any tax for when they take ill. A few years ago Gordon Brown put cigarettes up to raise ?350 million pound for NHS, not for smoking related diseases, just to put into the NHS. Also it is fair to say smokers die earlier than non smokers so if smokers die before they are 60 or 65 where dues all the state pension money go that is NOT being paid out. Also if they have worked all their lives there works pension halves to their partner, saving somebody more money. We pay a hefty price for our habit as it is thank you.