ASH's advice to any government is to raise tax on tobacco products-to price it out of peoples reach.
Of course if you are rich, this won't affect you in the slightest-but if you are working to a budget-how about a free mini break?
I will be damned if I pay UK prices for my Golden Virginia-not when I can book a mini break in Europe, Have a very pleasant weekend or few days away, buy my tobacco at a quarter of the UK price (a fifth of the price in Poland or Latvia).
Our government loathes smokers-that why they have listened to ASH and made us smoke outdoors or in government approved cattle shelters.
They loathe us but still want our tax's.
I'm not playing that game-I buy in Europe and get a free mini break-Thanks New Labour.