A dollar to light up: smokers brace for another jump in tobacco excise

By Peter Martin
Updated September 1 2014 - 5:08pm, first published 4:31pm
The increase means the price of cigarettes for casual smokers will approach $1 a stick.
The increase means the price of cigarettes for casual smokers will approach $1 a stick.

Cigarette taxes will jump by a hefty 13.7 per cent on Monday, the second of four outsized increases in as many years.

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