10/12/2022
A draft European Commission document shows that excise duty on ci******es would increase from β¬1.80 to β¬3.60 per pack of 20.
Our CEO, Neil McLaren, believes the UK should use its post-Brexit freedoms to do the opposite of the EU proposal, in order to relieve smoking-related disease burdens, which currently cost the NHS Β£2.4 billion per year.
There is a concern that the proposed tax increase, which puts va**ng in the same bracket as ci******es, could potentially push addicted smokers turned v**ers, back to smoking.
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