tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post3552423885179841671..comments2023-08-27T13:04:51.898+01:00Comments on Freedom-2-Choose (Scotland): More on Cancer Research UK Funding of Tobacco Control StrategyBelindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16284836559314332001noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post-26708401701304827932010-07-29T18:22:28.221+01:002010-07-29T18:22:28.221+01:00BTW, so called smoke free Rampton has smoking shel...BTW, so called smoke free Rampton has smoking shelters for staff and obesity is rife among patients.proglodytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057066153546638923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post-80299936171049225642010-07-29T16:29:02.067+01:002010-07-29T16:29:02.067+01:00'This is public money being spent at a time wh...'This is public money being spent at a time when the government is being forced into cutting services due to excessive debt ASH as advisors to the government have a duty to ensure that policies they recommend are cost effective, clearly this one is not.'<br /><br />Same applies to CRUK with their own money.<br /><br />Davidb ... and yet the addiction is not strong enough to constitute a breach of rights at Rampton.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284836559314332001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post-59608753360150371672010-07-29T09:26:19.111+01:002010-07-29T09:26:19.111+01:00What is particularly disturbing is that smokers ha...What is particularly disturbing is that smokers have been deliberately and cynically programmed to believe that nicotine is so highly addictive that they need NHS help to quit. Many could perceive this as valid justification for not being able to quit - the signals sent out by the NHS are more or less telling them that it's too bloody difficult (...but keep taking the tablets anyway....). Made all the worse, of course, by the relentless and ever increasing scaremongering.proglodytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057066153546638923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post-20315376830442023742010-07-28T23:06:54.469+01:002010-07-28T23:06:54.469+01:00I agree John ... I wonder what the CRUK researcher...I agree John ... I wonder what the CRUK researcher will come up with that can possibly negate that finding!Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284836559314332001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post-75207302072428522882010-07-28T22:28:38.579+01:002010-07-28T22:28:38.579+01:00This article might be of interest:
"Have the...This article might be of interest:<br /><br />"Have they truly not seen what the marginal dollar spend on anti-tobacco is used for? It pretty clearly has low cost-effectiveness, and arguably actually does more harm to the world than good, even apart from the money"<br />http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/2010/07/obesity-spending-and-long-since.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post-61092135863634306772010-07-28T21:45:33.324+01:002010-07-28T21:45:33.324+01:00So what ASH are telling us is the NRT has a 90% fa...So what ASH are telling us is the NRT has a 90% failure rate over one year and a 95% failure rate over eight years. Given the cost to the NHS for NRT particlarly in regard to those on benefits who do not pay for prescriptions surely even the most ignorant economonist must concede that there is no value for money in this course of action. <br /><br />John Watson<br /><br />This is public money being spent at a time when the government is being forced into cutting services due to excessive debt ASH as advisors to the government have a duty to ensure that policies they recomend are cost effective, clearly this one is not.John Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00767205806201093396noreply@blogger.com