Cigarettes may cost £50 in New Zealand: can it happen here?

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Cigarettes and ashtray
Cigarettes and ashtray

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The New Zealand Ministry of Health is said to be investigating the feasibility of raising the price of a packet of cigarettes to $100 New Zealand dollars. That's around £50.

So will this become policy, and could it happen in the UK?

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