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Thread #101817 Message #2070754
Posted By: Don(Wyziwyg)T
07-Jun-07 - 11:05 AM
Thread Name: 42 days to no smoking (UK)
Subject: RE: 42 days to no smoking (UK)
"But why should the tax take be any different if the ciggies are sold in 20s rather than in tens?"
Spot on McGrath! In point of fact packets of ten used to cost anything up to five pence more than half the cost of a packet of twenty.
This was due to the extra packaging material used (so they said), but I think greed had summat to do with it..
The tax, I believe, was calculated on the weight of tobacco, so presumably no difference.
So they might be telling the truth about putting youngsters off.