Tobacco Taxation

Mr. Hardy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the amount of tax paid on the 10 most popular brands of cigarettes in each EC member state and the average price of a pack of 20 cigarettes in each country.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard
[holding answer 26 February 1992]: Information is available relating only to 1991 and for the most popular cigarette brand in each EC member states as follows: ----------------
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|Spain         |
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|Greece        |
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|Portugal      |
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|Luxembourg    |
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|Italy         |
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|France        |
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|Netherlands   |
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|Belgium       |
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|Germany       |
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|Ireland       |
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|United Kingdom|
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|Denmark       |
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