HC Deb 30 June 1969 vol 786 cc50-1W
Mr. Cronin

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement indicating the method of disposal of cigarettes confiscated by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.

Mr. Harold Lever

Cigarettes are normally handed over without charge to the Ministry of Defence for issue to personnel serving overseas, to special hospitals for issue to inmates and, occasionally, to medical institutions engaged on cancer research. Unsound cigarettes are destroyed.