As we know that recent COVID-19 has taken its toll on everyone around the globe but
considering nations like the UK or EU where a number of residents are indulged in unhealthy
activities like smoking cigarettes have eventually caused an increasingly high rate of untimely
death of its dwellers.
We all are well aware of the fact that Brexit had its pros and cons for both nations i.e UK and
EU but considering the life-threatening situation of COVID-19, the inhabitants of the UK who are
highly prone towards smoking weren’t able to fight their battle against this pandemic due to
weak lungs. So the British government has decided to take necessary measures in order to
downgrade cigarette import in the country which will eventually help in dropping the
consumption of smoke. As a result, the government has decided to increase tax rates on all
sorts of cigarettes.
I think this is an excellent initiative by the government to increase tax rates on tobacco
products in order to keep in out of buying capacity for the common man. High tax rates will
eventually decrease in imports of cigarettes which will make the price of common cigarettes
extensively high for the general public resulting in less sales of the product. This will help in
accomplishing the objective of the government which is to make the UK smoke free nation.
https://theconversation.com/brexit-is-an-opportunity-to-stop-britons-smoking-150204
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