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DocDutch · 10-03-2011, 09:39

I think its a utterly bad idea this... main reason say 1million people out of the 8million that smoke in the UK stop smoking that would create a shortfall in tax income of about 4 million a day (that is calculated that everybody smokes 1 pack a day) now I dont know if the gov would be able to counter balance that with anything else but it could be higher fuel duty, more duty on booze, higher income tax and so on.

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oh forgot what about a tax on fattie foods ie Macdonalds, kebabs, KFCs and the lot as that causes more health issues then smoking.

10-03-2011, 09:39	#51
DocDutch argh Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 47 Services: full house package Posts: 4,327	Re: More smoking restrictions (is it enough?) I think its a utterly bad idea this... main reason say 1million people out of the 8million that smoke in the UK stop smoking that would create a shortfall in tax income of about 4 million a day (that is calculated that everybody smokes 1 pack a day) now I dont know if the gov would be able to counter balance that with anything else but it could be higher fuel duty, more duty on booze, higher income tax and so on. ---------- Post added at 08:39 ---------- Previous post was at 08:38 ---------- oh forgot what about a tax on fattie foods ie Macdonalds, kebabs, KFCs and the lot as that causes more health issues then smoking.