Facts show that poor people who do not smoke are healthier than wealthy people who do. These are working class areas where the population knows that smoking kills, but don't care.
If Labour councillors want people to stop, they could promise that their party would make it illegal or at least put up the price to say £20 a packet.
But they don’t want to lose working class votes, so they are happy to let people die of cancer.
Loving Lances (via website).
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