Does it cost 5 pounds for a pack of cigarettes in U.K?! That is $10!!!!?

Question

THAT IS CRAZY!!

IS IT TRUE!?

HOW CAN PEOPLE AFFORD IT!?/

Here in Usa , a pack of Marlboro's cost around $3.75 !( 2 pounds)

Answer 1

Yes its true, its bloody expensive isnt it?!

Answer 2

Yes it's true a pack of 20 costs between 4 and 5 English pounds most of that is tax the govt here is way over greedy

Answer 3

Yes it's true!!
About 75% of the cost is tax revenue.
I get most of mine from Europe though and pay about £2 a pack.
When the ban comes into force (not allowed in public buildings, workplaces etc) people are going to smoke less and the anti-smoking hysteria which grows daily here will make many give up! I expect the Government will find some other way to get the tax then.

Answer 4

The reason it costs £5 for a packet of cigarettes in the UK(actually with some brands it costs more than that) is because the Government keep putting tax on the things to try to discourage people from smoking.

Doesn't work though, those who are determined to smoke just seem to afford it somehow. they also get round the cost by getting cheap "duty free" cigs from the continent - they just pop over to France on the Eurotunnel and stock up on fags.

(Note: "fags" is British slang for cigarettes)

When I used to smoke (about 12 years ago) a packet of 20 Silk Cut was about £2.50 (don't know what that is in American $). I gave up smoking in 1997 and I'm so glad I did because as well as getting lung cancer I'd be spending every penny I earned on the damned things!

Answer 5

It's true. I've just looked it up on Tesco's website - 20 Marlboro are £5.18. Other things are really expensive too. What you pay in $ for a music CD we pay the same in £. Our petrol is also horrendously expensive as well - it's about £1.70odd a litre at the moment. It's taxation that makes it so expensive.

The tax on petrol is supposed to be to save the environment ie make it so expensive that no one can afford to drive anywhere, which would be OK in theory if trains weren't so expensive too. It costs me about £25 in petrol to visit friends near London (I live in central England). I checked out the train fairs for myself and my 6 year old and it would have been over £60 return. Now how is that encouraging people to ditch their cars?!

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Answer 7

Yes more than £5 for Marlboro, Over £4 for a gallon of petrol, (around $8) and £3.50 for a pint of lager (around $7). Someone is getting very fat off of the drink driving smokers.Oh and nearly £200 pounds per year for road tax on your car.

Answer 8

Here in Texas, it is closer to $5 for a pack of Marlboro's, sure am glad I quit 7 years ago.

Answer 9

For a pack of 20, yes.

Answer 10

Yes most cigarette's are around a fiver here , i haven't smoked for around 20 years so it's no problem for me.
Hello to the U.S.A nice to talk to you.

Answer 11

Yeah and you should see how much it costs us to run a car, in fact, you should see how much it costs us for anything!! My sister lives in US and every time we go over, we buy megga loads of stuff to bring home as we live in rip off Britain.