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budget day and no increase

patrickc · 2009-12-09 21:04:08

thankfully they've finally realised that increasing the price of smokes, increases smuggling

09-12-2009 9:04pm

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thankfully they've finally realised that increasing the price of smokes, increases smuggling

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#2 09-12-2009 9:12pm

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i was surprised, i thought they would go up by a small bit

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#3 10-12-2009 11:41am

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I was surprised, I thought there'd be a token increase.

That doctor guy from ASH, the one who always slams every increase as 'derisory' - he must have been tearing his hair out.

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#4 10-12-2009 1:18pm

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I'm sure they're aware of the smuggling and the "day-trippers" to spain who are stocking up and the Irish exchequer gets nothing from them at all. Any increase would have fueled an increase in this.

I was still shocked that there was no increase though!!

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