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Re:Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index – 2019 edition by afpx on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @07:35AM (#19253726)
What's going on with Luxembourg? 6330.9 cigarettes, per person, per year (which is over six times the US consumption). And, they're ranked still 11th on the Bloomberg list.
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Re:Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index – 2019 edition by refurb on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @07:42AM (#19253760)
Cigarette taxes? Maybe they are lower there, so people buy them to sell in other countries?
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Re:Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index – 2019 edition by jerven on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @08:06AM (#19253909)
Exactly, 20 to 30% lower. So like gas(fuel for cars) a lot of people going via Luxembourg taking summer holiday take the opportunity to stock up.
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Re:Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index – 2019 edition by conflagration on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @08:11AM (#19253951)
You are right about that, I lived in Trier, a German town next to the border to Luxembourg. A lot of people in the area went there just to fill their tanks (gas is around 20 cent less per liter) and stock up on cigarettes and coffee.
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