Barry_Cooper published Smokers could be hit by higher costs

Nottinghamshire smokers could soon be charged £15 for a packet of cigarettes according to new government plans.Under fresh proposals from the Independent Cancer Task Force, which is backed by the NHS, the cost of a packet would rise by at least 50 per cent by 2020, with the hope that it would help stop the amount of patients suffering and dying from cancer as a result of smoking.With a packet of 20 cigarettes currently costing around £9, the costs could even be higher if the...