With E9, your money goes towards our State. With E4, your money goes to where ? Short term gain is long term loss.

Sorry Declan but it does not go to the state. It goes to keep our fat cat TDs in the lap of luxury. They are the real criminals.

I disagree with what you say Dario Fo. The revenue earned goes towards the running of our State. However, I do share your cynicism & mistrust of politicians. Ireland has been served extremely badly by politicians of “all” parties here. Look where we are today – broke. What they did & didn’t do to get us to where we are today is indeed criminal. I agree with you on that point.

First time last night outside the Duke, oul lad comes up and asks “want a pack of smokes for a 5er?”

I asked what kind. They weren’t my brand.

I agree, Seán. People who buy from these dubious sources are putting money into the coffers of criminality. There is a huge operation going on behind the scene concerning these “cigarettes”. People need to think twice before they hand over their hand earned cash to these sellers. Cis are being seized. The Customs & Gardaí are doing their bit but it is impossible to be everywhere at all times. It is up to each citizen to make that choice. Buy legal, branded & blended cigs or give your money to criminality to smoke something whose source & content is unknown.

I disagree with “long live the smugglers”. How can u agree with criminality ? The very people who would think nothing of breaking into your home, mug u on the street etc. While cigs are very expensive, the tax earned goes towards the running of our country & people want to give this to “smugglers” ? Plus, does a smoker actually know what they are smoking ? The cigs here are blended & controlled. What’s in the “smuggled” ones ? More health problems down the line that smoking & non smoking taxpayers will have to pay for. This “long live the smugglers” mentality isn’t very patriotic & it is society as a whole that suffers. Think twice before you buy your “smuggled” pack of cigs from “smuggled” sources.

Wish they were €90 a pack – cancer sticks- Smoking. – I think it shows such a lack of intelligence :-(

Smokers will be such a drain on our health system in years to come – they should be charged a premium for treatment – obviously they are very well off that they can afford to smoke – if they are not well off & on benefits they are selfish Bs & are depriving their kids/families of necessities, not to mention shortening their lives !!

The health system argument again. Cigs fund the fucking thing. I should be allowed shove whatever I want in my body once it doesn’t harm another.

Why don’t ye start moaning about fat pricks who eat too much and are a drain on the health system?
Sure while we’re at it lets tax the fuck out of foods, motorbikes, any dangerous activity and screw it lets load tax in mobile phones cause they give cancer too. Like sugar. Or fumes from cars.
Ah! Feel better now. Think I’ll have a smoke and a beer, but prior to that I’m going to inhale a McDonald’s. Before I become a drain on the health system I paid for I mean.

‘illegally smuggled’ ?

Is there legal smuggling ???

@ Declan in fairness there is the moral element to this but addiction is addiction and when you can’t afford to buy cigarettes legally it will push people who wouldn’t dream of doing this in the past over to the dark side!

Hi, Aine ! I agree with u. Putting the price up to ridiculous levels to please the nanny state anti smokers will push people to buy cheaper. I don’t smoke myself & I have no probs with people who choose to do. Having said that, smokers don’t know the quality of the cigs they are smoking & the sources. Plus, by buying from illegal sources, u are contributing to criminality. Those are the points I am making & I ask that people who buy from illegal sources bear that in mind. Would u pay someone to break into your home ? Anyway – cheers !!

She bought them entirely legally, that’s why. Hungary is in the EU, and therefore those cigarettes were purchased duty paid, and therefore she could buy and import as many as she wanted for personal use.

seriously? Is that the case? Here was me shit*ing my self with 400! Are you saying that i could go to there tomorrow and buy 20 cartons and walk back through the airport legally with them if of course if i said they were for my own personal use?

So long as they are Duty Paid and not Duty Free (because within the EU you cannot buy Duty Free) then yes! Of course every other EU state charges less than we do, so you will always be saving money….of course, our customs have put “guidelines” in place as to what constitutes personal use…anything up to 1400 I think they deem acceptable.

Jester, Tallaghafornia is another world…

Don’t get me started on them, Jonathan. I haven’t the energy this morn !!!

Ask Willy O’Dea..

A very short-sighted view, Graham. Somewhere down the line u may need services. If the revenue isn’t raised, the service u require may not be available. People need to think that attitude through. I understand your sentiment but revenue needs to be raised to run society.