stony said:
Instead of banning it, any forward thinking Govt would encourage it. Stamp down on the illegal baccy and the tax from smokers pays for the NHS four times over. It also has the added bonus of killing most of the smokers before they get to a pensionable age, thus making huge savings on pensions and bus passes etc.
I can't stand the smell of smokers but the Government should reduce the tax as it's costing the country millions in lost revenue with illegal imports.
The Government has to do something to make it for less profitable to import ciggies. The only other thing to do is bring in a minimum prison sentence, maybe
5 years for anyone involved in illegal imports.