My point was that the response toI think you'll find the NHS are working quite hard to stop the 78k smoking related deaths.
Perhaps the taxation on them, the public health messages saying don't smoke or it will kill you, the putting nasty pictures on the packets, hiding them from plain sight and refusing to sell them to U 18's before we get to those being treated in their home, in the hospital and for many in the hospice movement isn't doing something?
Other than banning tobacco (which is probably not going to happen for cultural reasons) I'm not sure what else they could do?
Covid is completely disproportionate. A few nasty pictures to put people off smoking yet a complete removal of basic freedoms for Covid.
I truly believe this has nothing to do with protecting health as a result. More about control and implementation of change.