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Europe's most expensive cigarettes

Geoff Riley

25th September 2017

Which European country has the highest retail prices for cigarettes?

Our friends at Statista have produced this neat graphic that might be the basis for a classroom discussion on factors affecting price differentials by country. Naturally, the scale of indirect taxes (VAT and duty) make a big contribution.

The price of a packet of #cigarettes in Europe varies wildly https://t.co/XeWJRiJj3I pic.twitter.com/AqpojzUTg5
— Statista (@StatistaCharts) September 25, 2017

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.

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