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AUDIO: Calls for cigarette price hike

The charities also want a new system of state regulation of the tobacco industry, including a pri...
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11.52 5 Sep 2013


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AUDIO: Calls for cigarette price hike

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11.52 5 Sep 2013


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The charities also want a new system of state regulation of the tobacco industry, including a price cap to reduce company profits.

They say it would result in an extra 65 million euro a year for the exchequer.

The cost to the state of smoking related illnesses comes in at around two billion euro annually.

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A hike to taxes would mean a rise in the cost of cigarettes to smokers.

Kathleen O'Meara of the ICS says it's not an unfair burden on smokers:

 Business Economist Dr Robert Branston has carried out the research:

These smokers on the streets of Dublin have varying views on the issue:


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