help the nhs, help yourself, god help us all! the government's latest attempt to get everyone to quit smoking could include slipping positive messages into cigarette packs. smoking costs billions a year to the nhs and social care, £8.6 billion on lost productivity in businesses. far outweighs the amount that is collected in tax. health problems caused by smoking take up 75,000 gp appointments a month, but one person in hospital every day. latest figures show 13.3% of the population smoke, costing them an average of £2000 a year, many non—smokers have a stark message to smokers, you are