About 10 million people in the UK smoke and it is not uncommon to see people smoking when you are out and about. We all know, however that smoking is not good for us. Some people do not seem to think of this when they start the habit. There are many reasons why people begin smoking such as peer pressure or if members of your family smoke you are likely to do the same. Parents should not be encouraging such behaviour. Others begin smoking because they think that it will relieve stress. Smoking causes many types of cancer within your body especially lung cancers. It also damages your heart which increases the risk of you developing coronary heart disease and other conditions. Given the costs associated with the conditions should the NHS stop
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It is thought that it needs £127.5 billion each year. The NHS spend five billion pounds on smokers every year. Perhaps if smokers thought about the money the NHS has to potentially waste on them they would stop smoking, but that is unlikely. Once they are addicted it can be difficult to stop. Two thirds of adult smoker’s report that they took up smoking before the age of eighteen. When people start smoking at a young age they know nothing different. If so many people smoke surely the NHS should provide more services to help them stop smoking? The NHS do not have a lot of money for such services; however, if it helped to cut down on the number of smokers it be worth it overall. This would in turn end up saving them money as they would not be spending as much on treatments that smokers previously …show more content…
One thousand ninety-six doctors took part in a survey and fifty-four percent of them said that the NHS should be able to refuse treatment that is not an emergency if patients do not stop smoking. Their reasoning is that they believe that treatment does not always go as well as planned due to unhealthy behaviour. Perhaps we should listen to doctors as they are the ones with the most knowledge here and they are just trying to do what is best for the patients. The news has declared war on smokers, it has been decided that smoking causes too much harm and that it should be banned. Banning smoking would not likely be effective as those who are addicted are very unlikely to stop but health officials seem to want to take a tough approach. Recently a ban has been placed on some parts of the UK. In which smokers have to stop smoking for at least eight weeks before they can get the operation that they require. In order to ensure they meet the criteria such patients will be breathalysed before they are refered. This is to try and force the patients to take more responsibility for their own health and wellbeing. In the past patients have had surgeries that are not urgent delayed but this is taking things a step too far. The areas that this ban applies to think that it will help with their current
It is thought that it needs £127.5 billion each year. The NHS spend five billion pounds on smokers every year. Perhaps if smokers thought about the money the NHS has to potentially waste on them they would stop smoking, but that is unlikely. Once they are addicted it can be difficult to stop. Two thirds of adult smoker’s report that they took up smoking before the age of eighteen. When people start smoking at a young age they know nothing different. If so many people smoke surely the NHS should provide more services to help them stop smoking? The NHS do not have a lot of money for such services; however, if it helped to cut down on the number of smokers it be worth it overall. This would in turn end up saving them money as they would not be spending as much on treatments that smokers previously …show more content…
One thousand ninety-six doctors took part in a survey and fifty-four percent of them said that the NHS should be able to refuse treatment that is not an emergency if patients do not stop smoking. Their reasoning is that they believe that treatment does not always go as well as planned due to unhealthy behaviour. Perhaps we should listen to doctors as they are the ones with the most knowledge here and they are just trying to do what is best for the patients. The news has declared war on smokers, it has been decided that smoking causes too much harm and that it should be banned. Banning smoking would not likely be effective as those who are addicted are very unlikely to stop but health officials seem to want to take a tough approach. Recently a ban has been placed on some parts of the UK. In which smokers have to stop smoking for at least eight weeks before they can get the operation that they require. In order to ensure they meet the criteria such patients will be breathalysed before they are refered. This is to try and force the patients to take more responsibility for their own health and wellbeing. In the past patients have had surgeries that are not urgent delayed but this is taking things a step too far. The areas that this ban applies to think that it will help with their current