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I am an ex nurse and worked on a surgical ward. Asking patients whether they smoked was an issue with me. I am a non smoker and have never smoked. You know that sending someone down to theatre, who you knew that smokes and will continue to do so after surgery, firstly, they have paid into the NHS via their stamps, (some might not, another issue). I knew that some of my fellow nurses were outside doing the very same thing. Ask how many nurses smoke and doctors? We also have to spend the NHS money correctly, do we spend the money on someone that is not helping themselves. Or is it the smokers themselves with the tax they pay when they buy their Camel Cigarettes that allows the NNS to spend so much? The government want to tell us how to bring up our children where is the help from them in this issue, is it the smokers are bringing lots of revenue for the government to stop them?