THIS would be good news but it's not just smokers who get lung cancer and it is not just smoking that causes it.
We know that so isn't it time to investigate other risk factors? Those affected may need their own special brand of scanning.
There should be no distinctions between smokers or non-smokers in healthcare even if smokers pay far more into the NHS in their lifetime.
Or as Sir Humphrey put it :
"Yes, but cigarette taxes pay for a third of the cost of the National Health Service. We are saving many more lives than we otherwise could because of those smokers who voluntary lay down their lives for their friends. Smokers are national benefactors."