First, aren’t smokers paying for it through the high taxation of cigarettes?
Second, wouldn’t this argument also apply to people that drink themselves to death? Or eat themselves to obesity? Or snack on sugar to diabetes? Should we not cover someone’s medical bills if they attempt suicide or drive at high speeds and crash?
I’m saying this as a non-smokers who hates the smell of cigarettes.
This could very well be biased, as you would never notice people who smoke in private.
> It's nobody's right to pollute our air for the sake of their bad habits, thus regulations
Should driving a gasoline-powered vehicle for leisure be illegal?
As things are going, it will be in time.
The absolutism here doesn't sit with the NZ government.
Politicians generally reflect their societies' attitudes. (In the US in the past, too, before the Citizen's United decision.)