and they've penalised the people paying for legal tobacco by such a crazy amount they actually end up buying more, and thus, smoking more

the black market is heavly crushed all our border security do is stop illegal fags instead of imigrants

in the UK I can assure you that black market tobacco is easy to procure

I know it is but it's not a repalcment

if you're saying otherwise, I'd be curious as to where you're located I guess

I don't live in a city

the poor are using the black market, 9 to 10 pounds for fifty grams of golden virginia?

they aren't stupid

even at 13, which is the highest I've heard of for a dodge packet, you're saving a lot

ofc you've got potentially dodgy tobacco quality to factor in, too

lol even well off people will buy it, it is a curious way to go about curbing smoking

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it's not about curbing smoking

it's about keeping people poor with taxes

I'm not sure if it's working out, I've not seen any recent figures citing revenue for tobacco into the treasury since the new legislation passed

worth looking into

I'm quite open to the possibility the government just wants to tax those with the least representation, but that's what all parties seemingly have done in the UK since the dawn of democracy

we are so massively taxed with tobacco it's insane

all this new legislation's done is help move the tobacco industry's average purchase price by over 100%

My eyes are glazed over as fuck trying to follow this

What in the ass are y'all on about

Apologies Canuck. We passed legislation in the UK massively upping the price and minimum supplied quantities, alongside measures to remove all unique identifying packaging from such products recently

whereas before you could purchase a 12g pouch of tobacco, now you can only purchase a minimum of 30grams

Cigarettes cause a fuckload of cancer so

yes, they do

Can't say I'm mad they're taxing them to high hell

convince people to quit, or not start

I can, when the money isn't going to the NHS

it's going to the tobacco companies

*ha*

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1010393272529764352 Elon wtf

falcon 10 prototypes

damn if only he'd remove the rest of the plastic covers

looks so sick

car seats?

march on rome with that shit

or seats for the hyperloop lol

Now that is a big black bloc.

they look comfy tho

Has Hyperloop been downgraded to a regular train, or is he still going on about vacuum tubes?

Why would it be a regular train?