I question how much of these raids are purely to ensure taxes and duty are paid on all cigarettes in UK rather than being borne out of any concern for public health as they like to frame most of stories.
Let’s face it, if you’re smoking in this day and age you already know you’re doing something detrimental to your health and it’s costing you a bomb. When I smoked I always used to ask the keeper for the polish brand and I stopped smoking when I couldn’t get cheap imported cigarettes.
“The trade in illicit cigarettes and tobacco is concerning because it harms legitimate businesses which serve our communities and reduces the amount of tax coming in to fund vital public services.”
All while damaging the health of addicted smokers.
“There is also an additional health risk to smokers as there are no guarantees about what the products contain.”
Yet real ‘legal’ cigarettes are still full of tar, benzene, arsenic and formaldehyde but that’s fine I suppose.
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I question how much of these raids are purely to ensure taxes and duty are paid on all cigarettes in UK rather than being borne out of any concern for public health as they like to frame most of stories.
Let’s face it, if you’re smoking in this day and age you already know you’re doing something detrimental to your health and it’s costing you a bomb. When I smoked I always used to ask the keeper for the polish brand and I stopped smoking when I couldn’t get cheap imported cigarettes.
“The trade in illicit cigarettes and tobacco is concerning because it harms legitimate businesses which serve our communities and reduces the amount of tax coming in to fund vital public services.”
All while damaging the health of addicted smokers.
“There is also an additional health risk to smokers as there are no guarantees about what the products contain.”
Yet real ‘legal’ cigarettes are still full of tar, benzene, arsenic and formaldehyde but that’s fine I suppose.