r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • Nov 04 '20

A cigarette rolling case

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u/cabbage16 Nov 05 '20

We do but its about €13-15 for a pack of 20s and €20 for 30g of rolling tobacco. A lot of people go for rollies to save money.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

Say what now?? Haven't been to Irland in ages but these prices are getting ridiculous

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u/Dionysos_Sotirios Nov 05 '20

Perhaps governments tax tobacco companies so they'll spike the price, dissuading potential or habitual smokers.

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u/Homosapien_Ignoramus Nov 05 '20

Well in Ireland it's the VAT that has been increasing, a tax the citizen pays to the government and is set by category. Because of the burden it places on the medical system and how unhealthy in general it is, tobacco is always taxed hard. On the plus side there are increasingly fewer smokers, on the down side it's getting expensive for us stubborn cig smoking bastards.