Tobacco Taxes Finance Terrorism
The next terror attack on America could be a self-inflicted wound — specifically, a cigarette burn. Politicians expand tobacco taxes to discourage smoking and to feed their own nicotine-like addiction to public spending. Like so many others, this government action smolders with unintended consequences.
Heart attack have fallen since smoking ban
The number of people admitted to hospital for heart attacks has dropped by an average of 100 a month since the introduction of the smoking ban in England, research shows. The first study to examine the possible effects of the ban on health in England suggests that there were 1,200 fewer heart attack admissions — a 2.4 per cent drop — in the year after it was imposed. The reduction in emergency admissions saved the NHS an estimated £8.4 million and may have prevented almost 200 deaths.




