Smokin the hidden costs

I missed last weeks session so i will write about smoking . It is funny how your politics change on smoking when you give up i was for ever saying as a smoker " it's my business if i smoke its only me who's effected " well now as a non smoker i can see this is a stupid statement as the cost of smoking on the N.H.S is between £1.4 billion and £1.7 billion a year . This is to treat smoke related health problems. I'm not about to bang on about the effects of smoking as where are all adults but the point i am trying to make is how easy it is to see the other side of the argument when you stop deluding yourself about the habit your trying to defend . Very much like addiction don't you think ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/background_briefings/smoking/86599.stm