Some countries, like Ireland, France and the Netherlands, impose significant taxes on top of that minimum, while others, like Bulgaria, Croatia and Cyprus, do not
This change is partly because of new laws: Shops can only sell tobacco to adults over 18 (used to be 16) The power to stop shopkeepers from selling tobacco at all if they keep selling it to children Not allowing cigarettes to be on display in shops Cigarettes only being sold in plain packets
introducing plain packaging will mean these can't be used, which will not only further harm the printing industry, but also help the counterfeit and smuggling trade." As Ian Paisley Jnr MP put it at the debate, plain packaging would "fund terrorism and prostitution in Northern Ireland" if it was introduced
Learn more in Tobacco industry responsibility for butts: A Model Tobacco Waste Act, a special communication in the journal Tobacco Contro l and download the Model Tobacco Waste Act
