Should obese people pay extra tax

if you did that you'd have to have a smoking tax. and whenever someone ended up in hospital due to drinking you'd have t charge them. And if someone played a dangerous sport and broke their arm... You could never draw the line. You can nearly always argue that stuff is self inflicted.

i hate this whole train of thinking.

should people who go on the pill pay extra taxes because they're more at risk of cancer?

should people who engage in dangerous sports pay extra taxes because they're more at risk of broken limbs?

should people who get pregnant pay extra taxes because giving birth is a cost to the NHS?

where exactly would you like to draw the line?

edit: as i was a bit slow off the mark i'll go ahead and say no, I don't think there should be a 'fat tax'

You don't need to philosophically draw a line, you just need a couple of policies providing a clear incentive and message. By the way don't tax sports they're good for everyone and everything.

Of course not, that's so stupid. The UK average dress size for a woman is a size 16. Therefore, we'd all be paying bloody fat tax.

I say, enjoy the food!

What about people who drink alcohol, or take drugs?? Tax none of them or tax them all.

so what you're saying is that the extra taxes wouldn't really be to cover the strain on the NHS, they'd be to stop people being fat because you don't like it?

All Obese people? I'm obese yet haven't used the NHS for anything obese-related. Nothing. Why should I pay extra tax for something I don't use.
And what a stupid idea.
Otherwise all the other self-inflicted things should have extra tax too.

You probably will though, your body will fail sooner than a healthy person's. Be it diabetes, angina, heart failure, respiratory problems...Not to mention that you impose costs besides those borne by the NHS

I think they should pay "fat tax" if its there fault
if its not their fault i.e. diabetic, then no