Excellent as always joe
and a great topic. The government have hiked the price a lot over recent years and it's not worked as well as that should. People are still smoking and the added stress of cigs being expensive impact on already financially pressured society.
A pack of fags is well over the hourly rate for a minimum wage earner and they
are addictive so something has to give...
As an ex smoker I can remember the feeling of panic when I saw the pack was almost empty, luckily I never had to make a decision between food, heating or cigs.
Maybe this is the problem, more families are living in poverty as they prioritise cigarettes higher?