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Re: £10 for 20 cigarettes
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Originally Posted by Stuart C
If that happens, watch other taxes go through the roof.
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2007-08 tax revenue forecasts
Total tax raised - £450 billion
Tobacco tax - £8 billion
Cost to NHS - £1.7 billion
However, whilst revenue is important, we mustn't forget the other benefits of smoking
Approximately half of all smokers will eventually die from smoking related diseases (Hanrahan et al 1996):
all smokers have a life expectancy that is 8 years less than those who have never smoked (Stapleton et al 1999).
30% of heart disease is attributable to smoking (http://www.mmaf.org/smoking.htm):
numerous studies conclusively show that smokers have a two- to four-fold increased incidence of CHD than non-smokers (Hanrahan et al 1996).
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