Played stupid game, won stupid prize.

No one here has suggested banning everything that costs the public money.

Smokers, on the other hand, are a minority in society. And in a democratic society, majorities can form to create laws.

Obesity is a little different issue since nutrition is not optional; smoking, on the other hand, is quite non-essential.

There are also programs that address the problem of obesity. The regulation of sugar use as an ingredient in food, for example. But laws in this field are subject to greater influence from the food manufacturers’ lobby. The tobacco lobby, on the other hand, no longer wields as much power, as the majority of people are non-smokers.

We see who decides: the government. In Britain they are elected to do so. That’s democracy. The majority of people are non-smokers, and the tobacco lobby no longer has the power it used to.

They don’t die cheap if they’re treated for cancer several years before the final breath. Billions are lost to society annually as a result. Cancer treatment is largely futile, yet it’s overly expensive. The revenue from tobacco tax is far from sufficient to cover that.

Even if they’re smoking at home, the enormous costs to the healthcare system caused by smokers every year are a burden on the shoulders of everyone in society.

I need some scotch to feel comfortable.

Other statesmen and journalists should also learn – and make it clear that Trump is making himself look more and more ridiculous and that all his threats are simply weird and clumsy.

There’s nothing more to come. Nuclear power is slow and uneconomical.

Joe Kaeser, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens Energy: “There isn’t a single nuclear power plant in the world that makes economic sense,” he said on the ARD program Maischberger on November 27, 2024.

https://www.tagesschau.de/faktenfinder/farbebekennen-weidel-faktencheck-100.html?at_medium=mastodon

A fact check by the Fraunhofer Institute on nuclear energy states: “For example, around €2.5 billion would have to be raised to cover the nuclear waste generated. Overall, considerable short-term investments would be required.” (for the construction of a new power plant)

https://www.ikts.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/ikts/abteilungen/umwelt_und_verfahrenstechnik/technologieoekonomik_nachhaltigkeitsanalyse/oekonomische_analyse_nachhaltigkeit/241030_Fraunhofer-Faktencheck_Kernenergie.pdf