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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by walshemj on Saturday January 20, 2018 @05:21PM (#16195736)
Only works for countries that don't have a large "black" economy and HMRC spends a lot of effort tracking down smuggled tobacco - normally sold in the back bar of the less salubrious pubs.
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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by copper_think on Saturday January 20, 2018 @07:15PM (#16196196)
Her Majesty's Revenue Collector ?
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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by twic on Saturday January 20, 2018 @08:19PM (#16196372)
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. Roughly speaking, revenue being taxes on what you earn, and customs being taxes on what you buy.

There used to be separate departments for each, but they were merged years ago. This was a slightly odd move, as the revenue were people who were good at doing very detailed analysis of paper trails, whereas customs were people who were good at kicking down smugglers' doors.

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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by codefined on Saturday January 20, 2018 @08:50PM (#16196472)
Isn't that a logical move? Allow a single department to both gather and act on the information, rather than disparate departments that have to try to work together?
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