Cigarettes are not illegal. Seems to me its a pre existing condition.
Everyone knows its bad. No argument. Everyone who smokes knows that they feel like a lepper. Their clothes stink, their hair stinks, their car stinks. But most of them started when it was legal to smoke on a plane, in a hospital, and my dentist smoked while he worked on my teeth in the 80s
.Dont you think smokers get enough crap? And the overweight people also will pay. Of course not the extremely obese on welfare and food stamps, we as taxpayers will continue to pay for them,and no one will try to reign them in. but anyone who works, smokes, and might be over 30 bmi, you will pay. On the 1st of the month, you will not be able to pay for your gas, as the welfare bunch is buying cartons, and they do not have to reform, but the working guy does....................
Im not saying smoking is not a hazard, it is. So is skiing. boating, mc racing, and many other sports. Shall we tell the next meth addict who we are paying for treatment or incarceration that his/her premiums will go up? of course not it is a social ill. We cant pick on handicaps. And they wont pay a dime.
My sister died at 52, 3 days after an angioplasty that said she was fine. Never smoked a cigarette in her life. My grandfather died at 92, from emphysema, 92!!!!! Ya gotta die soon when you are 92!
Yes it contributes to ills. But its a money maker for the govt. We could all say we are sick and go on disability and see how that goes. Every other ill is protected. I know a lazy ole teacher who said she cant work anymore coz the administrator upset her and now she stutters, and gets her retirement and disability. Yeah right, how is that fair? i should say my boss upsets me every day, and now I cant work, yes I have seen that work too. God help us all.