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Cigarettes gone up?

  • 08-05-2020 1:33pm
    #1
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭


    Have manufacturers put 20 smokes up by 10c? seems like they have in my local shop anyway.


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  • #2
    tiredblondie
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭tiredblondie


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Have manufacturers put 20 smokes up by 10c? seems like they have in my local shop anyway.

    Marlboro 28s changed to 27 now!
    Box has a big empty gap in it!
    Not sure if the price changed as I was buying other items and only saw it afterwards


  • #3
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,053 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Gone down now 20c with the VAT decrease for the next 6 months.

    But the budget is in 4 weeks.


  • #4
    Dempo1
    Registered Users Posts: 26,916 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    JPS taking the Pee for years, 30, down to 27, back up to 28 and now 29 and of course price increased. B&H have been at the same stunt for years but of course there's not much of a smoking lobby out there to complain. About to start a course of meds to get off this horrible & costly habit.

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




  • #5
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,053 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    If they left the number in the pack alone @20, Major would still be around. They upped it to 23, changed the pack and supplier, then they couldn't vend out of the machines.


  • #6
    zerosugarbuzz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭zerosugarbuzz


    How much are cigarettes these days? So so glad I quit, read the Allen Carr book folks and put the money in a jar every day.


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  • #7
    Dempo1
    Registered Users Posts: 26,916 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    Maybe I'm wrong but JPS 29"s were €16.00, this morning €15.70? that's a whopping €0.30 drop, I got a full receipt to confirm it.

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




  • #8
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,053 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    zerosugarbuzz wrote: »
    How much are cigarettes these days? So so glad I quit, read the Allen Carr book folks and put the money in a jar every day.

    Haven't an updated price list to hand, but as of last week, jps were 11.90, mayfair 12.10, benson 13.80, job 13.50. Marlboro 13.90 All machine prices, so might be 10c less.


  • #9
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,776 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    zerosugarbuzz wrote: »
    read the Allen Carr book folks and put the money in a jar every day.
    Comments like this are not welcome on this forum. Read the charter before posting.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



  • #10
    Dempo1
    Registered Users Posts: 26,916 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    So John Player acting the maggot again, I thought the new €15.70 for 29"s as too good to be true (were €16.00.

    Theyve yet again reduced the box from 30, to 29 (no price decrease of course) now the box is 28"s for €15.70, so basically no VAT reduction and price increase for less. Just acting the
    Bo€€ox basically.

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




  • #11
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,129 ✭✭✭highdef


    Do people still pay extortionate amounts of money to enable them to inhale toxic gases into their lungs?

    Why is this thread even permitted on Boards.ie? Surely any talk of this subject should be banned here as the net result is 100% negative!


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  • #12
    Dempo1
    Registered Users Posts: 26,916 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    highdef wrote: »
    Do people still pay extortionate amounts of money to enable them to inhale toxic gases into their lungs?

    Why is this thread even permitted on Boards.ie? Surely any talk of this subject should be banned here as the net result is 100% negative!

    Thank you for your insightful input but calling for a Ban for a perfectly ligitimate question is completely over the Top, will we request a ban for all threads alcohol related next? Free speech within the realms of decency, I hope will not be curtailed just because your clearly anti topic. Just ignore the Thread if it causes you such offence, but do try not judge others.

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




  • #13
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,776 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Dempo1, leave it.
    highdef, there was already a warning in thread. Do not post here again.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



  • #14
    McCrack
    Registered Users Posts: 2,968 ✭✭✭McCrack


    Cough


  • #15
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,865 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Don't smoke, so should not be commenting I suppose. But how are wans in Moore Street doing with the knock off cigs under their prams?

    LOL, everything will find its level. Bet they deliver on demand anyway, just like the knock off grog.

    Be careful out there!


  • #16
    beachhead
    Registered Users Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭beachhead


    Dempo1 wrote: »
    Thank you for your insightful input but calling for a Ban for a perfectly ligitimate question is completely over the Top, will we request a ban for all threads alcohol related next? Free speech within the realms of decency, I hope will not be curtailed just because your clearly anti topic. Just ignore the Thread if it causes you such offence, but do try not judge others.

    Tobacco smoking is still legal in this country.The goverment gains an extortinate amount of tax from it.You can not all of it finds it's way into the health service


  • #17
    beachhead
    Registered Users Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭beachhead


    Tobacco prices reduced due to the government reducing the VAT rate across the board on lots of goods.Some companies were bound to take advantage.Don't hold your breath for next month's budget-price reduction is a short holiday.


  • #18
    Truckermal
    Registered Users Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Comments like this are not welcome on this forum. Read the charter before posting.

    He's dead right you would want to change your attitude.


  • #19
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    I gave up smoking nearly 20 years ago that was my personal choice.

    However I still follow the price and I am shocked by the price.
    I think my last pack of 20 was about £3.

    I think it is very unfair how much tax is put on the fags many old people enjoy a smoke.

    People have personal choice which I am 100% with.


  • #20
    McCrack
    Registered Users Posts: 2,968 ✭✭✭McCrack


    The high price has lead people to quit and more importantly discouraged young people from starting. On balance it's better that they are the price they are and increasing each year


  • #21
    Thespoofer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,051 ✭✭✭Thespoofer


    Dempo1 wrote: »
    JPS taking the Pee for years, 30, down to 27, back up to 28 and now 29 and of course price increased. B&H have been at the same stunt for years but of course there's not much of a smoking lobby out there to complain. About to start a course of meds to get off this horrible & costly habit.

    Cold Turkey.


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  • #22
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,776 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    There is a forum for quitting smoking here. It's not up for discussion on this one.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



  • #23
    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    McCrack wrote: »
    The high price has lead people to quit and more importantly discouraged young people from starting. On balance it's better that they are the price they are and increasing each year
    The high price is making people look at other ways to get smokes.
    2014; ireland-had-third-highest-illegal-tobacco-trade-in-europe-1389007-Mar2014/
    2020; tobacco-seizures-down-by-75-as-smugglers-use-sophisticated-concealments

    Increasing the price of cigarettes just means that Revenue get less tax. On paper, it may look like less people smoke, as less buy the taxed smokes, but in fact people are just buying the cigarettes from untaxed sources.


  • #24
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,053 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Sales have boomed since April, because people haven't been abroad buying on the continent.


  • #25
    cap.in.hand.
    Registered Users Posts: 663 ✭✭✭cap.in.hand.


    the_syco wrote: »
    The high price is making people look at other ways to get smokes.
    2014; ireland-had-third-highest-illegal-tobacco-trade-in-europe-1389007-Mar2014/
    2020; tobacco-seizures-down-by-75-as-smugglers-use-sophisticated-concealments

    Increasing the price of cigarettes just means that Revenue get less tax. On paper, it may look like less people smoke, as less buy the taxed smokes, but in fact people are just buying the cigarettes from untaxed sources.

    Cost of cigs seems to have been increased lately by 20-25 cent per packet


  • #26
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,053 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Manufacturer increase.


  • #27
    BingCrosbee
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭BingCrosbee


    Truckermal wrote: »
    He's dead right you would want to change your attitude.

    Tobacco is an easy target for tax purposes because smokers don’t get any sympathy from all quarters. But I find that it’s mostly the less well off that account for the majority of smokers.


  • #28
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,053 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Price increase from next Monday, 30c on a pack of 20.



  • #29
    cap.in.hand.
    Registered Users Posts: 663 ✭✭✭cap.in.hand.


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118669329#Comment_118669329

    On all cigerattes?.. hadn't they already gone up from last budget



  • #30
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,053 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Manufacturers increase. Delivery charges up from the budget and recent fuel hikes.



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  • #31
    Gant21
    Registered Users Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭Gant21


    I’ll follow them to €20.



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