Toconclude,itisclearthatworld povertyisaseriousproblemand yettheproblem
could beeasedifgovernmentsandcompeniesgavemorethoughtto payingsalaries
onamoreequitablebasisandiftheystartedtocontributemoremoneytothosein
need.
Sample 152
Smokerscancausethemselvesserioushealthproblems.Thechoicetosmokeis
madefreely andwithknowledgeofdangers.
Smokersshouldthereforeexpecttopaymoreformedicaltreatmentthannon-
smokers.
Towhatextentdo youagreewiththisstatement?
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.Youshouldspendabout 40 minutes onthistask.modelanswer:
Everyonehasthechoiceofbeingasmoker ornot.Thepeoplewhochoosetosmoke
doso knowingthereisarisk ofcausing harmfuldamagetothemselves.However, I do
notentirelyagreethatthesepeopleshould haveto paymoretoreceiveallthemedical
treatmentthey need.
Ithinktherearemanysituationsinwhichamedicalproblemhasnothingto dowith
whetherapersonsmokesornot.Inthesecases,whereanillnesshasnorelationto
smoking,thenIbelievethatsmokersshould notberequiredto paymorethan other
peoplefortheirmedicaltreatment.Mostcaraccidents,forexample, haveno
connectionwithsmoking,andthepeoplewhoareinjured oughtto havethesame
medicalhelp,regardlessofthecost.Andwhataboutthecommonflu-itdoesnot
seemjustifiabletomethatasmokershould haveto paymoretoseeadoctorforan
illnesswecanallcontract.
Ontheotherhand,Iagreethatasmokershould paymorethananon-smokerforthe
necessarytreatmentofanycondition
which hasbeencaused bysmoking.The
principlethatpeopleshouldtakeresponsibilityfortheirownactionsisa good one.
Consequently,ifapersonchoosestosmokeknowingthatthishabitcancauseserious
health problems,thenthereisnoreasonwhythecommunity oraninsurancecompany
should haveto payformedicaltreatmentforanillnesswhichcould havebeenavoided.
Inmanycountries,cigarettepacketshaveaclearwarningthatsmokingcancause
health problemsandso nosmokercanclaimnotto knowthedanger.Lungcanceris
sometimesafataldiseaseandthetreatmentisbothlengthyandexpensive,anditis
unfairforthesmokertoexpect