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Tobacco duties raise £8.8 billion.
The NHS isn't the only cost. ASH put it at £49.2 billion in England.
I'm sure some of their figures are disputed.
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Tabasco duties raise £8.8 billion.
Wow, and I thought Brits couldn't handle anything spicier than a Chicken Tikka.
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I wonder if increasing tobacco duties 10x would have a more significant effect on the number of people smoking. Maybe we should do both
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Fair enough.
Hadn't considered the cost of people taking 20 min smoke breaks every 20 min.
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Doesn’t tax on cigarettes bring in more than twice that amount?
Smoking is shit and should be banned but they’re a next tax positive on direct care.