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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
I have never heard so much crap about the Government NOT getting any money in Tax. total rubbish.
I will be told next that they don't get Tax on petrol etc.
I was told from TWO shopkeepers that when they sell cigrattes, the Government gets a lot of tax out of it. Is this why they put the price of cigrattes. As the more cigarettes they sell, the MORE tax THE GOVERNMENTS GETS.
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It should tell you everything you need to know that despite the income stream the government want shot of smoking.
Besides, have to keep increasing the tax. Smokers seem to keep getting lung and other cancers, needing tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds of care to try and slow the disease then in palliative care, and then die. Not sure quite how that works. Must be a coincidence.
As fewer people are smoking now need to keep raising the tax to keep the income stream going, given that's evidently in your mind what it's all about.