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Introduce a tax on cigarettes, e-cigarettes and alcohol to fund support groups.

Submitted on Saturday 5th September 2015

Published on Wednesday 9th September 2015

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 9th March 2016

Signatures: 23

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British ~ NHS ~ Tax ~ UK

Petition Action

Introduce a tax on cigarettes, e-cigarettes and alcohol to fund support groups.

Petition Details

Introducing a 3p tax on cigarettes, e-cigarettes and alcohol to help fund support groups such as, AA and QuitNet as well as research projects such as Cancer Research UK. We believe this could help prevent thousands of deaths and save millions from the British tax payer.

Additional Information

A list of example organisations that the tax would support.
www.nhs.uk
www.cancerresearchuk.org
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
www.macmillan.org.uk
www.quitnet.meyouhealth.com
www.ash.org.uk
An organisation, such as a university, willing to research the potential risks of e-cigarettes.
Statistics
An estimated £21bn cost of alcohol-related harm to society
An estimated £12.9bn cost of smoking-related harm to society
An approximate 100,000 deaths per year that smoking is accountable for


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