[corin_]

I'm very overweight, but not so much that I spill over on a plane seat - yeah, it annoys me when sat next to someone like that.

As to health care, as a smoker in the UK I already contribute much more to the NHS through tobacco taxes than an average smoker will cost in extra health care issues - and I would fully support unhealthy foods being taxed much more heavily.

That said, where do you draw the line? It's not OK to ride a motorbike because it's more dangerous than driving a car or using public transport? It's not OK to play football?

[kaybe]

Additionally, smokers will, on average, die sooner and cost less in pensions. [1] [2] (The study is kind of.. morbid in it's conclusions, and even stranger is that the tobacco industry endorsed it.) I've been looking for a similar study on overweight, but couldn't find any as of now.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Finance_Balance_of_Smoki...

[2] http://web.archive.org/web/20011105203845/http://tobaccofree...