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cigarettes rise again!!!!!! Or maybe not!!!!!!

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    #32
    mc01a
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭mc01a


    i think it's stupid when the way the irish government is in trouble all they do is rase prices, but still dey hand money out in ways of benifit etc(to the people that don't deserve it)

    but back to the thread, i no non smokes don't realy care, but if they do rase the price of cigs what are they goin to rase next, drink etc,


    i think myself i will b reducing, if i can i will try stop,


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    #33
    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    Gran Hermano wrote: »
    €2 increase on a pack will mean the Irish tax man will get LESS money from me.
    That's exactly what will happen, more people will just go up north and black market sales will increase.

    When will this government learn that putting prices up will not get us out of this mess, it will just worsen it :rolleyes: :mad:


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    #34
    tonc76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭tonc76


    A few years ago I was regularly buying cigs online. The delivery one day was accompanied by a customs officer who demanded the duty owed in order for me to receive the package.


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    #35
    Sean Quagmire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,334 ✭✭✭Sean Quagmire


    I don't smoke but i think its absolute robbery, no wonder people bring so many smokes back from holidays.


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    #36
    Mr.Lizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭Mr.Lizard


    I think they should up the price to €20 a pack. For one thing it would solve all those awkward moments when someone says "can I 'borrow' a smoke?". Now you easily can reply "sure, that'll be €1 please".


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    #37
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    Kinetic^ wrote: »
    Going abroad to spain as a solution is retarded. Tax on fuel that goes into the plane,paye/prsi for the staff, airport tax, corporation tax on the profits.....ye you're really sticking it to the government! :rolleyes:


    The extra €150 in my pocket after airfare is retarded? Sounds like someone
    missed a day in maths class. I don't care about the tax on air fuel or such like,
    I'm not paying it and the air fares are as cheap as chips.

    Plus I work for a multinational company, always people flying around
    Europe on business or pleasure who will bring me back a carton or two
    each week. Summer time coming, loads of people going abroad on holidays
    and who will happily throw a carton in their suitcase.
    At €100 a carton here it'll even work out cheaper to drive to Newry.


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    #38
    kraggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    Relevant wrote: »
    Within the EU you are

    You can't. I thought so too but you can't.

    Has to be a "reasonable amount".

    Usually max 1000 cigs, often less.

    100 packages would be 20,000.


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    #39
    me-skywalker
    Registered Users Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭me-skywalker


    Why dont they put tax on fatty foods and mcdonalds then all the grease mongers will actually start to worry about their own health and implications than care about smokers... WE KNOW WE ARE DYING!!! big schwing we are ALL DYING!

    is it illegal to grow your own tobacco? not( marijuana) actual tobacco?

    i personally only buy cigs when my 'friend' has run out... €35 / €81 i know exactly where will always buy them from.


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    #40
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Alcohol and tobacco allowances for travellers to Ireland from EU

    Cigarettes 800
    Cigarillos 400
    Cigars 200
    Smoking tobacco 1kg

    There ya go

    But wait there's more.
    There is a lower limit on the countries with the cheapest prices.
    A poster mentioned Riga, yep that's covered here.
    Seems they've thought of everything!
    There are specific limits on the amount of tobacco products allowed that have been purchased in the following EU countries:

    Estonia - 200 cigarettes OR 250g smoking tobacco
    Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia - 200 cigarettes

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/travel-and-recreation/travel-to-ireland/customs_regulations_for_travellers


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    #41
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,160 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    mc01a wrote: »
    (question time)
    how many do you smoke a day?? None
    and will this price now make you reduce or quit?? N/A
    What do you think of this price rase now?? Fantastic!
    Thats what i think.


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    #42
    Jay D
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭Jay D


    mc01a wrote: »
    the price of cigarettes are rising again by€2, planned for next week,

    for a pack of cigarettes it will now cost €10.10.

    i smoke myself and i think this is f*ckin crazy. €10 for a pack of smokes, F*CK That


    (question time)
    how many do you smoke a day??
    and will this price now make you reduce or quit??
    What do you think of this price rase now??

    oh and that feckin wretch from ASH etc saying it won't fuel illegal cigs, why doesn't she fuck herself off a cliff?

    I am in the process of giving up (past 3 years).

    Need to stay off the drink.


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    #43
    Boskowski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭Boskowski


    mc01a wrote: »
    the price of cigarettes are rising again by€2, planned for next week,

    for a pack of cigarettes it will now cost €10.10.

    So where did you get this news? Unless I see it in writing I don't believe it.
    Because that would actually make people quit which is not what they want.


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    #44
    Exneigh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 112 ✭✭Exneigh


    Kinetic^ wrote: »
    The drink will get hit as well. It's just easier to tax junkies :)

    You're not wrong... we might even recoup the money we lost getting mugged through an aggressive taxation of Heroine and Charlie!


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    #45
    Mr.Lizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭Mr.Lizard


    me-skywalker wrote: »
    Why dont they put tax on fatty foods
    Have you not seen a photo of the Taoiseach or the Minister for Health?


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    #46
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    realcam wrote: »
    So where did you get this news? Unless I see it in writing I don't believe it.
    Because that would actually make people quit which is not what they want.

    And an increase in tobacco prices will lead to an increase in inflation
    which is exactly what the government wants to avoid during pay discussions with unions and civil servants.

    ASH looking for a price rise is like asking Muslims should we ban Christmas.


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    #47
    truecrippler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,243 ✭✭✭truecrippler


    I'm so happy about the price hike. Hate when people smoke around me!!! :D

    Smokers are jokers people.


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    #48
    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    Non-smoker and delighted at the news that cigs are up to €10 a pack.

    I hope they go up €1 per year until they're phased out.


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    #49
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    €8 pints of Guinness FTW :D

    Just an idea !!


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    #50
    Heisenberg.
    Registered Users Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭Heisenberg.


    This post has been deleted.


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    #51
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    truecrippler wrote: »
    Smokers are jokers people.

    See I moved in with a couple of smokers because I had been feeling a bit down and you know what? They have no good jokes. The miserable bastards haven't made me laugh once.

    Feck that for a game of checkers.


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    #52
    geuro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭geuro


    yeah they're scrimping and saving so they can afford more cancer sticks


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    #53
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,068 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    truecrippler wrote: »
    I'm so happy about the price hike. Hate when people smoke around me!!! :D

    Smokers are jokers people.

    Fcuk, I hate people that think they're superior to smokers. Do people make a habit of "smoking around you"? Are your legs working? You could just go somewhere else but then you couldn't get all uppity about how you're such a better person than those around you


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    #54
    Wagon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,119 ✭✭✭Wagon


    I roll my own. I bought a box of amber leaf today with change. There's not a ****ing chance ill for over a tenner for smokes. The greedy ****ers.


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    #55
    truecrippler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,243 ✭✭✭truecrippler


    Scien wrote: »
    I hate it when fatties sit beside me on public transport but whaddaya gonna do.

    Ooooh touchy.


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    #56
    Mr.Lizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭Mr.Lizard


    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    I hope they go up €1 per year until they're phased out.

    It'd be quicker to just round them all up and shoot them.


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    #57
    CiaranC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,300 ✭✭✭CiaranC


    Its all alright folks, I just phoned my drug dealer and he tells me he will now be selling tobacco instead of cocaine. Better profit/risk ratio.


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    #58
    burgess1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭burgess1


    I think the latest price increase is a disgrace.

    It should be at least doubled.


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    #59
    geuro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭geuro


    Upward Spiral wrote: »
    Fcuk, I hate people that think they're superior to smokers. Do people make a habit of "smoking around you"? Are your legs working? You could just go somewhere else but then you couldn't get all uppity about how you're such a better person than those around you

    Don't think there is any evidence to suggest that the poster considers themselves to be superior. They just don't like people to smoke around them. Fair enough considering it stinks. Not to mention the impact passive smoking can have aon a persons health


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    #60
    Disease Ridden
    Closed Accounts Posts: 406 ✭✭Disease Ridden


    Wait a minute...is this 2 euro rise a certainty or are you's just saying you's think its going to happen?
    I swear, the government are going to lose some amount of money if they do raise them by 2 quid. I dont smoke myself but if I did I'd be straight over the border to stock up big time! When I go to Spain in the summer I plan to take home as much as possible and sell them to my brothers friend.
    Out of interest, how much do they nomally rise if there is an increase? 50 cent?


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    #61
    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I'm beginning to seriously wonder why I contribute to this country with my taxes. I'm not getting a good service and I'll be damned if their getting more out of me.


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