Tobacco taxes in Australia

[DaveJ]

Australian cigarette prices. Very much inflated by huge and rising government taxes: linky

"...Tobacco tax on cigarettes has just risen by 13%, from 62 cents to 70 cents per cigarette, which equates to a packet of cigarettes which previously cost $32.50, now costing $35.20..."

and

"...A packet of cigarettes in Australia costs an average of $25.10, while in the UK it would cost $14.80 and $8.50 in the US..."

So many stories now circulating of hooked smokers not being able to afford basics like food or medicine and of a thriving black market in tobacco.

I am so glad I'm free from that.

[rezello]

Me too I nearly choked when I went to the counter about six months back to buy a pack of tailor mades instead of my usual tobacco pouch and being charged £9 and it wasn't even a full deck of 20 ! The sneaky buggers take one out now and charge for 19 ! I remember the days when I used to buy a pack of 10 for about £2.48 and joke around with my mates that one day they'll be a fiver for a pack of 20 the way it's going we will all be scrambling around the streets for dog ends to smoke because we won't be able to afford it ! How times change eh ?

[pacman]

I remember buying a single fag and a match for 2 pence. They were usually sovereign brand or woodbine.

[djs]

$25 AUS is £15 in the UK.

Something is wrong with the world when governments think they can price people out of smoking but not have a liberal attitude to vaping instead.

Taxing addicts does not work to any meaningful degree.

As you say DaveJ - it's good you are out of all that.

[laurie9300]

My first pack was B&H Gold Sovereign, pack of 20 for 30p

[Brynglas]

Sept 7, 2017 6:49:08 GMT laurie9300 said:

My first pack was B&H Gold Sovereign, pack of 20 for 30p

I was a cheapskate i used to buy Carlton,28p.

[Vlad the Inhaler]

My first packet was 20 Bristol which cost me 2/6.

[joeten]

Sept 7, 2017 14:54:07 GMT Vlad the Inhaler said:

My first packet was 20 Bristol which cost me 2/6.

I think that was my first packs too, though I moved to Embassy fairly soon after.

[solac77]

Aahhh gone are days of rolling Old Holborn and wheezing my way to college!!