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Tobacco: Smuggling

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 8 January 2025UIN 21696

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the implementation of a generational ban on tobacco sales on trends in the level of (a) counterfeit cigarettes and (b) contraband cigarettes b

Answered by Andrew Gwynne

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Bridlington and The Wolds on 11 December 2024 to Question UIN 17992.

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