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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Tobacco and Drink Expenditure.

Tobacco and alcohol expenditure

Summary

The Taoiseach reported provisional 1975 personal expenditure of £118 million on cigarettes and £306 million on alcoholic drinks; members remarked on the totals and the duty they generated.

asked the Taoiseach the total amount spent in this country on (a) cigarettes, and (b) alcoholic drinks, during the most recent 12-month period.

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The total personal expenditure in this country on (a) cigarettes, (b) alcoholic drinks, in 1975, was £118 million and £306 million, respectively. The figures are provisional.

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Not bad for a small country.

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A lot of it was duty.

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