asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the average tax borne by (a) pipe tobacco per oz. and (b) cigarettes per packet of 20.
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asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the average tax borne by (a) pipe tobacco per oz. and (b) cigarettes per packet of 20.
The average tax borne by hard-pressed pipe tobacco is approximately 1/7½d. per ounce and by other pipe tobacco approximately 2/6½d. per ounce. The average tax borne by cigarettes is approximately 2/1 per packet of 20.
