Adrian,
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>1. Antimalarials are prescribable on FP10 for prophylaxis
I didn't know that, I thought that there was a local initiative somewhere
in which the local health authority said that they would pay. Are you quite
certain that this is national policy (before I tell my GPs and patients).
>2. Try a simpler question. Should the NHS pick up the tab for
>treating the passive smoker whose heart attack was partly due to the
>aforesaid smoker smoking at them, and the promotion of the smoking
>materials to smokers by the corporate criminals of the tobacco
>industry?
Yes. So what are your views on the difficult question <BG>
>The correct tax point for tobacco is that point at which a fall in
>_revenue_ from the taxation is demonstrated, or a little over that,
>certainly no lower. Kill the smoky goose despite the golden eggs it
>produces.
That seems to be the view held by the treasury.
Regards
Jeff Green -Community Locum and Consultant Pharmacist-
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