Can someone elaborate that? My wife pointed that out to me earlier- but I dismissed it as a mistake.i'm more worried about the 50 cent per ml on Vape Juice. I can buy a 100ml bottle now for about €15 so this is going to increase in price 5 fold to €65 !. The government parties will feel my ire in the next election as that's just off the wall. 500% increase in one budget !!!
Unfortunately some people are addicted. So combining a little break or a pleasant day trip to a fantastic city with legally avoiding punitive costs here is what many people do.Travelling somewhere abroad mainly to buy cheap cigarettes is kind of pathetic to be honest.
Going out of your way to buy something that kills you.
Insanity meets idiocy.
Can someone elaborate that? My wife pointed that out to me earlier- but I dismissed it as a mistake.
If true, it is a huge price increase.
e-Cigarettes (e-liquid excise)
I am introducing a domestic tax on e-cigarettes on public health grounds as there has been a significant rise in their use. The tax will apply to all e-liquids at a rate of 50c per ml of e-liquid. A typical disposable vape contains 2ml of e-liquid, and costs in the region of €8. This new tax will bring the price of such a product to €9.23 including VAT. Due to the operational and administrative challenges associated with this measure it will not commence until the middle of next year and therefore will be subject to a commencement order.
While this means a typical disposable vape of €8 will now cost €9.23, bottles of e-liquid will be significantly more expensive.
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Currently, a standard 10ml bottle of e-liquid costs anywhere between €3-€5. With the Government bringing in a 50c tax per ml, these bottles used for reusable vapes will now be €5 more expensive.
Vaping, cold turkey, or nicotine patches are all better options…Unfortunately some people are addicted. So combining a little break or a pleasant day trip to a fantastic city with legally avoiding punitive costs here is what many people do.
According to the Revenue, approximately 19% of cigarettes consumed in Ireland were bought on the black market.
I love these estimates from Government Departments.....
How the hell do they have even the slightest idea as to what precentage of cigs are bought illegally?
I seriously doubt that criminals don't share their annual sales figures with Revenue, no more than they declare how many illegal guns they've got, to the Gardai etc.
She's tried them. Turns into a werewolf on steroids. - add in menopause and you know you won't win.Vaping, cold turkey, or nicotine patches are all better options…
Issue there is the limits. It's tax evasion for anything over the duty free limits, so you are limited to 400 cigarettes between two people.Even bigger savings if you are a smoker and spirit drinker going by ferry, plus there’s the advantage of having the car to get it all home.
I went to Wales recently with Irish Ferries, 400 Silk Cut blue was €95, that same 400 in Ireland would now be €360.
4 x 1 litre bottles of many spirits, including Smirnoff for €45.
Lots of people buying multiple 400 packs of smokes.
5 day return for 2 adults with a car was €380.
Revenue engage independent market researchers to carry out an annual survey, in accordance with a methodology that is audited by the C&AG.How the hell do they have even the slightest idea as to what precentage of cigs are bought illegally?
The decline in young people smoking stopped in the late 2010s. In the last Healthy Ireland survey 5% of under-18s said they were current smokers. Current rates of smoking are highest in the 25-34 age bracket, with rates declining with increasing age (smokers dropping out of the stats early perhaps?)Very, very few young folks smoke these days. Really only old codgers that are hopelessly addicted are still smoking these days.
I find that very hard to believe. Can you point me to a source?The decline in young people smoking stopped in the late 2010s.
Thanks.Here's one study.
Why not switch to vaping? It has nicotine and thus satisfies the addiction, is much cheaper and won't kill you quite as fast as tobacco.I've read that counterfeit cigarettes (from China allegedly) can contain all sorts of nasty stuff that make them far more harmful to health than the legitimate ones. But what can you do if you're hopelessly addicted and can't afford weekends away?
Judging by the aroma out and about and at football matches etc. if the Government legalised and taxed hash we'd probably have another boom time windfall budget next year! And we'd all be much more chilled out.Maybe all the trendiness associated with legalising weed and smoking weed has reversed the trend of reduced tobacco use, once you start smoking one substance it fairly easy to jump back to tobacco.
Any fall in smoking will result in further healthcare savings and productivity gains. Revenue carried out research into the economics of tobacco in Ireland back in 2011 and they acknowledged there was a point at which increased taxation would result in falling revenue to the state, but that the health benefits justified this.If increases in duty result in a fall in revenue, without a corresponding fall in consumption, then the increase is clearly counter-productive.
Of course but you’re making the assumption that an increase in duty will result in an automatic decrease in smoking.Any fall in smoking will result in further healthcare savings and productivity gains.
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