Report Published: "Cigars in the United Kingdom"
Like all tobacco products, cigars faced higher taxation towards the end of the review period. The March 2012 budget added 10p to a pack of five small cigars, with cigars also seeing higher VAT introduced at the start of the year. These tax increases also had a higher impact on cigar smokers due to ongoing economic uncertainty and higher VAT across the board, with many smokers thus facing eroded disposable incomes.
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