http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dr-phillip-lee-conservative-mp-1458840
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20508405
he's got it in for type 2 diabetes sufferers.
as a smoker, i'm obviously not over the moon about the possibility of me being landed with a bill if i were to be hit with an illness due to smoking, especially with the amount of tax on a packet of cigarettes, plus my NI contributions but mainly because if the government sees smoking as such a negative thing, why not just ban them? i would welcome a ban. addiction is no fun thing.
however, i do agree on the eating thing, which may be what dr lee is getting at with the diabetes though i do understand that having diabetes is not necessarily caused by obesity.
obesity in this country is rising and i don't see why the nhs should continue to spend £millions on the problems caused by people who quite simply, eat way too much and don't move enough.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20508405
he's got it in for type 2 diabetes sufferers.
as a smoker, i'm obviously not over the moon about the possibility of me being landed with a bill if i were to be hit with an illness due to smoking, especially with the amount of tax on a packet of cigarettes, plus my NI contributions but mainly because if the government sees smoking as such a negative thing, why not just ban them? i would welcome a ban. addiction is no fun thing.
however, i do agree on the eating thing, which may be what dr lee is getting at with the diabetes though i do understand that having diabetes is not necessarily caused by obesity.
obesity in this country is rising and i don't see why the nhs should continue to spend £millions on the problems caused by people who quite simply, eat way too much and don't move enough.