Today's "What Gets My Goat" - NO POLITICS!

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o you honestly think that raising tobacco taxes extortionately has had no affect on reducing smoking?

The problem is it has literally become extortionate.  Smoking is an addiction, and addiction that is extremely hard to overcome.  The more chaotic your life, or the less money you have, the more likely you are to smoke.


The price is no longer a deterrent but simply extortion, and sadly taking money often from those who can least afford it.


I am not saying tobacco should ever be cheap – but ten quid a pack or more?  It’s madness.

You hit the nail on the head there VNA... its extortion of the poor. The people that make these decisions are on 100s of thousands of pound a year, they don't care what their cigarettes cost but the people only earning £8 a hour who smoke a pack a day have a real dent in their wages for something they struggle to live without.

Sugar tax is another one... gonna charge me an extra 20p on a small bottle of coke because its 'bad' for me... but still sell me a 4 pack of Mars bars for £1??
These taxes are only good for one thing and that's lining the wrong peoples pockets