Smokers could face a huge rise in the price of cigarettes with tobacco duty reportedly set to rise
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The new rises would see a 30g pack of hand rolling tobacco rise by £2, in an industry that sees the average smoker spend a reported £2,000 a year
Smokers are reportedly set to face a huge hike in the price of their cigarettes next month as Jeremy Hunt prepares to raise tobacco duty - with a pack of 20 going up by £1.15, according to a national newspaper.
Hiking cigarette tax with 12.7 percent RPI, plus an extra minimum two per cent which is applied to tobacco products means a pack would jump by more than 15 per cent, which would see a 30g pack of hand rolling tobacco rise by £2.
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