Cig taxes blow £1.4bn hole in Treasury coffers as smokers turn to black market
- Posted on June 19, 2025
- By The Sun
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Cig taxes blow £1.4bn hole in Treasury coffers as smokers turn to black market

PUNITIVE tobacco taxes have blown a £1.4 billion black hole in Treasury coffers, as smokers turn to black market cigs. A whopping £3.1bn in excise tax from a range of goods was lost last year to sm…