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Europe's most expensive cigarettes

Geoff Riley

25th September 2017

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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.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty 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 and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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