£5 for packet of cigarettes forecast

The anti-smoking group, Ash Ireland, has predicted a £5 charge for 20 cigarettes.

The anti-smoking group, Ash Ireland, has predicted a £5 charge for 20 cigarettes.

The group has also called on the Government to sue the Irish tobacco industry to recoup costs incurred by the health services from smoking-related illnesses.

In its end-of-year summary Ash Ireland said it expected the removal of tobacco from the Consumer Price Index would mean the arrival of the £5 packet of cigarettes in Ireland.

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