[user104658]

I just read that of an £8 pack of cigarettes, less than £1.50 is the actual cost of the product. Something like 85% is tobacco tax + VAT! Heh.

My dad smoked 2 packs a day for 40 years. Even adjusting for increasing prices and taxation, I reckon he must have paid something like £90,000 in cig tax. That's actually insane .

He quit about 5 years ago, because he realised that he could afford to retire early (57) if he quit smoking. He was literally working to be able to afford cigarettes.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I just read that of an £8 pack of cigarettes, less than £1.50 is the actual cost of the product. Something like 85% is tobacco tax + VAT! Heh.

My dad smoked 2 packs a day for 40 years. Even adjusting for increasing prices and taxation, I reckon he must have paid something like £90,000 in cig tax. That's actually insane .

He quit about 5 years ago, because he realised that he could afford to retire early (57) if he quit smoking. He was literally working to be able to afford cigarettes.

That's mad... Imagine... all that tax...

I gave up smoking cigarettes, not that I smoked that much, but the cost and the health risks combined made me decide.