“The majority of smokers come from poorer backgrounds. Simon Clark, director of the smokers' lobby group Forest, said: “Smokers are sick and tired of being targeted every year with above inflation increases in tobacco duty. The price of a pack of 20 cigarettes in supermarkets varies between £8.80 to £13.50. Then another rise in November 2020 put a further 22p on a pack of 20 cigarettes and 65p on a 30g pack of hand-rolling tobacco. The move added 27p to the average price of a pack of cigarettes. The first rise came in the March Budget when tobacco duty was raised by an extra 2% above the inflation rate at the time of 1.8%. It is the first time this year the price of cigarettes and tobacco have been put up by the Chancellor after being left out of the spring Budget back in March.īut the cost of fags increased twice in 2020. Tobacco duty on smoking serves a dual purpose - to encourage people to quit and to raise cash for the Government. Consumers don't directly foot the bill for alcohol or tobacco duties but these are typically passed on in the price you pay.
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