Budget: Hunt burns £15 hole in smokers’ pockets as packs increase by £1.89

Budget: Hunt burns £15 hole in smokers’ pockets as packs increase by £1.89

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Smokers will see the price of cigarettes increase to nearly £15 as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt hikes up the price of tobacco for the first time since October 2021.  In his Spring Budget, Hunt said that the government would look to “uprate tobacco duty” which will see the price of a 20 pack of cigarettes increase [...]

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