Taxation & smuggling

Increasing taxes on tobacco encourages people to give up smoking or dissuades them to start in the first place and raises revenue for the Treasury thus reducing the need for taxes on jobs and investment. High tobacco tax, which is recommended by the World Bank, is recognised as a good health and economic policy.

Tobacco smuggling and sales of illicit tobacco at reduced prices on the black market undermine the use of taxes as a means of creating a price incentive not to smoke.

Therefore taxation of tobacco and initiatives that tackle tobacco smuggling are important tobacco control levers to reduce smoking and protect public health.

 

• Taxation

  Raising the tax on tobacco products is an important public health measure that creates a financial incentive not to smoke. Before the Budget each

• Smuggling

  Tobacco smuggling undermines one of the most important health policies - raising tobacco tax to create a financial incentive not to smoke. Tobacco...

• Economic Research and Links

  United Kingdom HM Customs and Revenue (External Web Page)The HMRC is responsible for collecting the bulk of tax revenue as well as involved in str