Tobacco

HC Deb 19 November 1991 vol 199 cc137-8W

Sir Thomas Arnold

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much the total tax burden on the leading United Kingdom cigarette brands has increased since May 1979.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The total tax burden on the leading five cigarette brands has increased on average from 69 per cent. in May 1979 to 76 per cent. in November 1991.