Originally Posted by Coldo
Why dont they whap the tax on fags up by over a quid, make their money from the cigs, then leave road tax alone?
Cigarettes do not serve any purpose at all, where as vehicles do?
Might aswell tax the fuck outta them instead.
too many short sighted monkies that generally spout off without knowing the facts on this site...
the tax from cigarettes in the uk comes to just short of 9billion quid....per year
7.8 billion of which is designated to the nhs....
and in turn the nhs pays out 1.5 billion to treat smokers..
so thats 6.3 billion from us,....the,...how did one pf user put it,...the dirty buggers,...putting into the nhs...
