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20 Cigarettes from €9 to €15 in the next six years

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  • #52
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    charlemont wrote: »
    I'v often said it but the best solution is to blow the whole planet up, That way nobody can do anything the Holy Joe's get offended about. ;)




    You're welcome to blow your own planet up.

    I live on this one, and I'd like my kids to have as much clean air (and as few explosions) as possible.

    Tanks a tousand.


  • #53
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,305 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Biggins wrote: »
    It seems that the cigs might just be getting even more expensive in the years to come.
    I'm not all that worried, but I'll miss the brands i smoke now. I'll miss them, as I'll be getting my tobacco from elsewhere.

    Fun fact for today; which will be more profitable for the dealers; tobacco or drugs, esp as the former is more addictive than the latter.

    Extra fun fact; smokers will still need doctors, but there won't be any tax money to keep the doctors paid...


  • #54
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    This sounds very much like a revenue raising exercise. If they genuinely wanted the shock value then they would make the increase all in one year. By raising the price incrementally year after year they are reducing the impact of the increases. As a former smoker I know I could have justified continuing to smoke after a €1 increase, and then possibly done the same the next year and so on, but with a single big increase €9 to €15 I would have dropped them straight away.


  • #55
    Mr.Saturn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Was in Gatwick Airport a few years back just mooching around and waiting

    Some of the cartons of cigarettes had a photo of a mans neck, it was just disturbing to look at, or maybe I'm just squeamish
    I'm not sure how to describe it but I'd imagine many of you carton buyers have seen it

    Years later I still remember it

    Maybe James Reilly should look at that as a tool instead of the price

    It's been somewhat proven that is merely serves to desensitize smokers, especially in a state of withdrawal. It might work as a deterrent, though.
    Mind, I've not met anyone who started smoking by just strolling into a shop and buying a pack, it's generally a build-up from casual use to get to
    that point.

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.21293/abstract

    On the brightside, if you are an aspirant crime-scene investigator and a smoker, you might just be in luck.


  • #56
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,798 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    This thread is going in the wrong direction for this forum & I can't see it adding any further value.

    Closed.

    tHB


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