Smokers can cause themselves serious health problems. The choice to smoke is made freely and with knowledge of the dangers. Smokers should therefore expect to pay more for medical treatment that non-smokers. To what extent do you agree with this statement?

In the past decade, there has been a huge rise in the number of smokers. People are opting

this

habit really quickly, some believe smoking to be stress buster and some just do it as a fashion trend. But whatsoever these people are choosing

this

habit out of their free will and they are well aware of the dangers involved with it.

This

has lead to an ongoing debate about whether smokers should pay extra for their medical treatment or not. Well, I agree that they should pay more.

This

essay will discuss some of the reasons for my agreement.

Firstly

, the most important factor for implementing expensive medical treatment for smokers is that by doing so some of them may quit smoking due to money issues.

For instance

, there are many people who do it just to show off, with an increase in hospitalization expenditures they will surely prefer to leave

this

fashion.

Secondly

, when smoking both active and passive smokers are getting affected. The active smoker is doing it intentionally, but the person standing

next

to him may not even like that.

Thus

, while smoking they are not only harming themselves, but

also

affecting other people. Another main reason is that smokers are adopting

this

habit at the cost of inheriting many linked diseases. If they are willing to accept all the disadvantages than they can

also

pay a little more. At the end, they will have to choose between the two.

Lastly

, by sparing some money from people who are intentionally accepting diseases, government can utilize it

for

Suggestion

to

the needy and poor who are innocents and deserve basic medical treatments. To conclude, if smokers choose smoking over hospital expenses,

then

that's their choice to make and they can

also

afford to pay high. But, if there are some who are willing to choose their health than government should provide them with cheap rehabilitation centres to help them.