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

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    #152
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    me-skywalker wrote: »
    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.

    I can't believe some people, we don't need any more taxing, our government gets plenty of money from us, they just need to stop wasting it on stupid ****


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    #153
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,096 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    MIN2511 wrote: »


    Like that's gonna get me to stop smoking:rolleyes:



    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


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    #154
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    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.

    lol

    you do realise that if smokes go, the gov is gonna have to get money from everyone then


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    #155
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    burgess1 wrote: »
    I think the latest price increase is a disgrace.

    It should be at least doubled.

    :rolleyes:


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    #156
    MIN2511
    Registered Users Posts: 5,398 ✭✭✭MIN2511


    I hope the prices of drinks, condoms, chewing gum, saturated fat go up....
    I also hope fat/overweight people(including myself) should pay more for health insurance... because we end up with diabetes, obesity(it is a disease!) and all sorts....



    meh, i am tired...

    Each to their own, lets stop debating such frivolous matters... If we could all come up with how to make the economy better that will be brilliant!

    On that note-goodnight everyone :D


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    #157
    Venom
    Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    Fighting Irish wrote: »
    I can't believe some people, we don't need any more taxing, our government gets plenty of money from us, they just need to stop wasting it on stupid ****

    +1


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    #158
    Soby
    Registered Users Posts: 5,977 ✭✭✭Soby


    MIN2511 wrote: »
    I hope the prices of drinks, condoms, chewing gum, saturated fat go up....
    I also hope fat/overweight people(including myself) should pay more for health insurance... because we end up with diabetes, obesity(it is a disease!) and all sorts....
    Fair point..If car insurance can vary to low for someone who has driven carefully for 30 years without crashing to some little toe rag who thinks he can steer the wheel with his b***!x then ye overweight people should pay more for health insurance


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    #159
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,500 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    Oh, what a shocker - the price of ciggs will not go up, confirmed by Brian Lenihan himself. Why? Because smuggling would increase dramatically.

    Fear not though, the price of alcohol is set to go up substantially, and even more than first anticipated!:)

    So, how do people feel now?
    Mr McCormack said the minister, in a letter to anti-tobacco groups, cited the excuse of smuggling as a reason not to increase the tobacco tax.
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0327/tobacco.html


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    #160
    Einstein
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    Rubbish. That company "ASH" or whatever they're called call for €2 every time there's a budget. Wont happen. I'll eat my feet if it does....


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    #161
    Gran Hermano
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    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    Oh, what a shocker - the price of ciggs will not go up, confirmed by Brian Lenihan himself. Why? Because smuggling would increase dramatically.

    Fear not though, the price of alcohol is set to go up substantially, and even more than first anticipated!:)

    So, how do people feel now?


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0327/tobacco.html



    :D

    /blows smoke in the faces of the non-smoking whingers

    Told Ya !

    I hope the put the price of booze up - how do you like them apples.



    :D


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    #162
    Quint
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    Nice one, I'm taking up smoking to celebrate


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    #163
    The Pontiac
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    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    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.

    Why on God's name would you be delighted? Its absolutley none of your business what other people do. Can't for the life of me understand why you would be concerned in the least. Very sad. I have not bought a box of Irish cigs in around 5 years, at work almost everyone smokes imported smokes €4 a box. You idea is pure genius, up €1 a year until the black market goes from currentley 25% to 50%.


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    #164
    Stercus Accidit
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    Ok, go to poland, shoot 600 rounds through an ak47 at a range, get pissed on the cheap and stay out all night, chat up the brilliant looking women, bring home 800 ciggs, memories, and the craic.

    Lads holiday planned.


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    #165
    Stercus Accidit
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    Gran Hermano wrote: »
    :D


    I hope the put the price of booze up - how do you like them apples.

    See my above post?

    Change the ciggs part to alcohol.


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    #166
    The Pontiac
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    Gran Hermano wrote: »
    €2 increase on a pack will mean the Irish tax man will get LESS money from me. I'll just book a cheap daily return fare to Spain or another
    EU country where I can cheaply and legally stock up for a couple of months.

    I know at lot of people going on smoking holidays for the last few years. I think the goverment are finally after catching on to this, as well as the huge black market trade. They are a bit slow all the same..


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    #167
    Gran Hermano
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    zudo wrote: »
    I know at lot of people going on smoking holidays for the last few years. I think the goverment are finally after catching on to this, as well as the huge black market trade. They are a bit slow all the same..


    I only bought 25% of my cigs in Ireland in total last year
    - the rest I bought on holidays or business trips or friends/colleagues
    picked them up for me when they were abroad.


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    #168
    Fat_Fingers
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    Who cares, cigarettes , alcohol, condoms, buttplugs...whatever is your preference.... If it goes up and if its cheaper elsewhere people will go there. Mary Harney said herself to shop around.


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    #169
    sidneykidney
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    Personally i am a smoker,but i have been leaning towards giving up for a while . This increase will finally make me quit,but,alas i know this government get will more tax euros from me one way or another.....:(


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    #170
    Sierra Oscar
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    sidneykidney wrote: »
    Personally i am a smoker,but i have been leaning towards giving up for a while . This increase will finally make me quit,but,alas i know this government get will more tax euros from me one way or another.....:(

    There will be no increase for ciggs, thats the thing - the finance minister confirmed it himself . . .


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    #171
    Hobbes
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    They aren't raising the price to get money out of people. They are doing it to stop people smoking.


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    #172
    Sierra Oscar
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    Hobbes wrote: »
    They aren't raising the price to get money out of people. They are doing it to stop people smoking.

    Well, the original intention was to raise excise duties to help plug the hole in the public finances.

    The fact that Minister Lenihan has ruled out an increase in price due to the risk of smuggling increasing sort of indicates that he is worried more about loosing revenues, no? . . .


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    #173
    bladebrew
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    if they were to go up to 10euro id make trips up the north to buy them and everything else thats cheaper,if you bought enough in one go it would be worth the petrol and you could take your levy back off the goverment:),,and why are cigarettes bought abroad stronger than the ones in ireland eg tar 6mg but in foreign cigarettes (of the same brand) the tar is 8mg!!!! thats why i dont buy them on holidays they taste manky:mad:

    ps.how do you use the euro sign on a computer? its on the same key as 4 and a dollar sign but i cant use it!


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    #174
    Tellox
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    Do what the rest of the smokers in the country are doing - buy 200 from the polish for €35 a carton.

    **** your recession, I'd rather help the polish economy than our own for that price :rolleyes:


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    #175
    bladebrew
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    Tellox wrote: »
    Do what the rest of the smokers in the country are doing - buy 200 from the polish for €35 a carton.

    **** your recession, I'd rather help the polish economy than our own for that price :rolleyes:

    hahaha yeah iv never seen a polish person with cigarettes bought in ireland like a pack of west or l&m for 2euro,that might be black market stuff though:eek:


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    #176
    yellowcurl
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    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    There will be no increase for ciggs, thats the thing - the finance minister confirmed it himself . . .

    Did anyone else hear this???


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    #177
    Cicero
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    Regardless of whether ciggs are going up, or by how much, there is a big increase in counterfeit ciggs in Ireland , and these will certainly become a problem as long as cig prices remain high

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0326/carrickonsuir.html

    A friend was offered the following option in a small shop around the south circular road/ harcourt st area of Dublin in the last 2 weeks- ...do you want the normal price cigarettes or the cheap price?- the 'cheap' price option turned out to be counterfeit and tasted disgusting (yes, even worse than what a real cigarette tastes like :))

    As much as cigarettes will kill ya over time, these counterfeit cigs sound like they'll kill you even sooner...personally speaking, as a smoker, I would welcome a EUR 5 increase to help me quit, but not convinced this would solve either the smoking problem, or the revenue problem, and naturally, people will seek out cheaper alternatives, giving the govt. even less revenue than they currently make- my guess is 10c- 15c max increase- more than that and consumers will react by buying cheaper alternatives elsewhere


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    #178
    GiftofGab
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    Cicero wrote: »
    A friend was offered the following option in a small shop around the south circular road/ harcourt st area of Dublin in the last 2 weeks- ...do you want the normal price cigarettes or the cheap price?- the 'cheap' price option turned out to be counterfeit and tasted disgusting (yes, even worse than what a real cigarette tastes like :))

    I've tasted these and they are absolute muck!! It's just like rolling a piece of paper up and inhaling the fumes, its that bad.

    Im so glad i gave up smoking. Used to smoke at least 15 a day, everyday. Gave up on the 1st January 2009. Never regretted it.

    I know its tough guys but just force yourself to quit. Its the best thing i ever done.


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    #179
    TPD
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    bladebrew wrote: »
    ps.how do you use the euro sign on a computer? its on the same key as 4 and a dollar sign but i cant use it!

    Press 'Alt Gr' and '4'. 'Alt Gr' is to the right of the spacebar.


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    #180
    bladebrew
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    TPD wrote: »
    Press 'Alt Gr' and '4'. 'Alt Gr' is to the right of the spacebar.
    cheers:) €€€€€€€€


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    #181
    tired t
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    went to fuertventura few weeks ago and got 200 fags for 5.50!!! why on earth would i buy here its disgusting. always buy of our "friend" but will definatly be making nother trip abroad soon!!


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