The nanny state marches onward

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Originally Posted by dbgtz

Surely by removing the branding and all of that, companies can produce the boxes cheaper and therefore get a larger profit. Therefore if profit is taxed rather than revenue (I'm not sure which is actually taxed), it means more money for the government?

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You can't expect socialists to understand economics :P

Cigarettes are now so expensive my dad buys the cheap ****. God knows what added nasties are in them so I'm not a fan of this change, making it easier for them to fake. The government will never want to stop smokers/drinkers from quitting altogether as it provides great tax for the treasury so it comes up with half-baked ideas like hiding **** and removing their labels etc as a PR stunt to show it cares. Addiction and peer pressure are a lot harder to tackle, after all.