tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144117454958569634.post5796949432122381764..comments2018-08-19T02:54:02.625+05:30Comments on Flight To Infinity...and Beyond: Its the Cool Way to DieLakshmi Priyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371376964796870282noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144117454958569634.post-70403544195677546892008-03-31T03:11:00.000+05:302008-03-31T03:11:00.000+05:30cool way to dieand..the uncool way to livetheir li...cool way to die<BR/>and..the uncool way to live<BR/>their lives full of haze<BR/>and smoke is what they give..rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505096672142024582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144117454958569634.post-51290773064458140002008-03-28T03:20:00.000+05:302008-03-28T03:20:00.000+05:30Ya, I meant the under table payoffs...the reason I...Ya, I meant the under table payoffs...<BR/>the reason I asked u the date of episode was for statistics relevance, not because of the issues.Lakshmi Priyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371376964796870282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144117454958569634.post-81613865655937657192008-03-28T02:45:00.000+05:302008-03-28T02:45:00.000+05:30I agree that bidi is a huge problem at home compar...I agree that bidi is a huge problem at home compared to cigarettes and that something needs to be done about it. <BR/><BR/>But a gentle criticism of the following:<BR/><BR/>"And all black market money is anyway shared between govt and smugglers, and in my point of view, they are all the same."<BR/><BR/>There's difference between money collected as taxes (levied on cigarettes) and the black marketVachahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538851182943120180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144117454958569634.post-57466194923614024842008-03-27T23:13:00.000+05:302008-03-27T23:13:00.000+05:30@vacha : I agree that complete banswill open up po...@vacha : I agree that complete banswill open up possibilities of smuggling(as is now hapening in France even with a price hike), but atleast the normal mundane person is saved from this. A casual citizen will at least reduce the daily smoke quota(in case of price hike) /give up forcefully in case of ban...It will also get rid of those who get into it just to "try" and then eventually get hooked Lakshmi Priyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371376964796870282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144117454958569634.post-56989803004772036182008-03-27T19:31:00.000+05:302008-03-27T19:31:00.000+05:30One real problem with smoking is that its so addic...One real problem with smoking is that its so addictive that people generally will pay disgusting amounts of money to get their hands on the weed. <BR/><BR/>Complete bans may sound like a panacea, but I guess the problem with complete bans is that it opens up possibilities of black marketing for those goods, running a parallel economy, from which only gangsters/smugglers benefit. <BR/>Slightly Vachahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538851182943120180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144117454958569634.post-32996840938074295612008-03-27T19:03:00.000+05:302008-03-27T19:03:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Vachahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538851182943120180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144117454958569634.post-25657344879553264742008-03-27T18:59:00.000+05:302008-03-27T18:59:00.000+05:30This is picked up from an episode of Yes, prime mi...This is picked up from an episode of Yes, prime minister, where the PM wants a smoking ban and the civil servant(Sir Humphrey Appleby) argues against it:<BR/><BR/>"If those who die of smoking were to live to an advanced age, then it has been proven that they would cost the Treasury more in terms of pensions and benefit payments than it currently pays out in medical expenses."<BR/><BR/>He goes on Vachahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538851182943120180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144117454958569634.post-4400382354668516762008-03-27T14:13:00.000+05:302008-03-27T14:13:00.000+05:30You know Lax, it is just about the money. The toba...You know Lax, it is just about the money. The tobacco industry is a great revenue generator and the government just wants to pretend that it cares, by taking soft measures and not stringent ones like the other countries, you've mentioned.Surhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154227504314082316noreply@blogger.com