Ireland had the widest gap in price level for alcohol and tobacco, 3.2 times higher in Ireland (211% of EU average) than Bulgaria (66%)

by NanorH

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  3. Thats just the essentials, luxury items like food and housing are priced even worse.

  5. Nanny state whose only solution to any problem is to tax the shit out of it, predictable and pathetic.

  6. Unlike food or energy, alcohol and tobacco costs are very, very, very easy to avoid….

  7. Must be the smokes dragging us up, I was in Finland recently and the price of a pint is eye watering!

  9. To be honest I couldn’t care less about this. Even with the high tax on both ppl still buy them at nearly the same level so feck it more money for building roads paid for by drink and tobacco 🤷🏻‍♂️

    Love the smoking ban also our long term shared health has improved because of it.

    Ppl throwing around words like nanny state aren’t factoring in the burden on our health system or how drink destroys lives.

    Not long ago in 2000 we had over 400 deaths on our roads every year actually in the 90s, people complain about the strictness of driving tests and N plates and speed vans and lower alcohol levels now being required but it’s saved lives and we are better for it.

  11. Because poors drinking was something Leo had a stiffy for, he was literally a broken record about it

    Heres where someone says minimum pricing it had cross party support, doesnt change Leo being hard for the nanny state

  12. Good.

    If you are determined to do things that damage your health and expect the HSE to treat you, you should pay for that poor choice – that taxpayers have to fund treatment for.

    Don’t like the cigarette tax ?

    Quit smoking.

    Take a bloody hint

  14. We live in a country that’s run by a shower of C*nt& who think taxation is the way forward! Personally the way forward is to get up go and never look back !

  15. This must be why we are all bristling with rude health and fantastically gorgeous compared with those slobs on the Continent. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)

  17. wages here are double that of Bulgaria

    I see so many young people priced out of buying alcohol and cigarettes and I think it is a good thing.

  18. That must mean that we have a low rate of alcohol and tobacco consumption, as the pieces are so high, and that all the extra tax money can then provide public transportation, social housing and other government lead plans right?

  19. Higher taxes are the government’s answer to every problem 🙄 It’s obviously much easier than actually looking at root causes of things or having adequate supports etc to, for instance, quit smoking.

    It’s a shame they don’t use some of the increased taxes from cigarettes to subsidise some of the high costs of nicotine replacement therapies and invest in schemes to support people quitting.

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