This will put 25p onto the price of a packet of cigarettes.
Tobacco use is detrimental to health with significant wider social costs.
Duty increases raise the price of cigarettes and tobacco which supports the Government s strategy to reduce smoking. The duties on all other tobacco products are wholly specific. The Chancellor forms his judgements on the appropriate rates of duty taking into account a wide range of factors including the Government s health objectives. The Government is committed to reducing levels of smoking, the White Papers, Smoking Kills and Saving Lives , set out ambitious targets for reducing smoking related diseases. Further announcements will follow tomorrow on additional health spending.