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Originally Posted by towny
Does anybody know what the total tax take from tobacco duty is, and the estimated NHS expenditure on treating smoking-related illness? Banning it altogether might not prove to be such a large net loss to the exchequer as some people claim.
This isn't a rhetorical question - I really don't know the answer to this, but if anyone does, I'd be very interested.  |
In 2002-2003 the uk treasury collected £8 billion from tobacco revenue(excluding VAT).