Budget 2017: Smokers to be hit by new 'floor price' tax on cigarette packs

Former_MSE_Faye

No change to previously planned alcohol and tobacco duty rises - but an 'effective floor' on the cost of cigarette packs is set...

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greyfox

Wrong forum? I don't think cigarettes count as either "food" or "groceries"!

bodacious

greyfox wrote: »

Wrong forum? I don't think cigarettes count as either "food" or "groceries"!

very good point! MSE staff seem to just place threads randomly, I don't think they have a clue what they are doing half the time.

pogofish

I'm glad I started to bring-on those tobacco plants indoors. They should be out in the greenhouse in a few weeks and curing nicely by June - Seeds for a few thousand plants worth costs next to nothing, they grow perfeclty in the leftover compost from last year and once harvested, its all totally tax/duty-free

jon81uk

greyfox wrote: »

Wrong forum? I don't think cigarettes count as either "food" or "groceries"!

Which forum would you put this in then? Cigarettes are sold in grocery stores so I can't think of a better place. Just complaining without proposing a solution doesn't add anything to the discussion.

bodacious

jon81uk wrote: »

Which forum would you put this in then?

As it's more of a general discussion thread about an effective tax hike I would have thought better places were Discussion time or maybe Shop but don't drop. Certainly not here.