It seems soooo stupid. As has already been said, it's a deprived area, how the foc do they afford fags at £10 a pop?Also, how do they police it?? It would be like the stoning scene in Monty Python...... "Are there any smokers here?" " no, no, no, no cough cough cough". Seriously though, they would ask "have you given up the fags?" "yes" would be the reply.... gets vouchers, walks out of sight and sparks up.... job done!
a foreign bloke was on a site I was on, in talking I was saying I couldn't afford to send my daughter away to uni, to expensive, I have worked all my life , he then said it is all paid for by the state for his daughter as they live in a deprived area.
Will the payments be backdated , I gave up smoking 13 years ago .
Well heard it all now, we are in some parts of the country, deprived areas, paying Pregnant women with vouchers to stop smoking.WTF.I assume a deprived area means there is not a lot of money about? seems to be enough for these poor folk to buy ciggies though.
Quote from: esetest on 28 January 2015, 01:12:32 pmWill the payments be backdated , I gave up smoking 13 years ago .Well congratulations, are you hoping for a boy or a girl?
Well heard it all now, we are in some parts of the country, deprived areas, paying Pregnant women with vouchers to stop smoking.WTF.I assume a deprived area means there is not a lot of money about? seems to be enough for these poor folk to buy ciggies though.I am all in favour of encouraging folk to give up smoking and giving them support.But to actually give a financial incentitive no fecking way. Pregnant or otherwise. How often have women been told not to smoke or drink while pregnant ??To me a mother who continues to smoke or drink while pregnant regardless of what her station in life is obviously does not give a feck about her unborn child.