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Indeed, smoking does help the NHS. Plus, the really big drains on the NHS are things like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses of old age... from which smokers don't suffer, because they're dead too young.
See Steve Wilkinson's 'Smokers’ Rights to Health Care: Why the ‘Restoration Argument’ is a Moralising Wolf in a Liberal Sheep’s Clothing”, Journal of Applied Philosophy, vol. 16, # 3, 1999
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See Steve Wilkinson's 'Smokers’ Rights to Health Care: Why the ‘Restoration Argument’ is a Moralising Wolf in a Liberal Sheep’s Clothing”, Journal of Applied Philosophy, vol. 16, # 3, 1999