Tobacco Tax Increased

31st October 2024

The government will renew the tobacco duty escalator which means that taxes will rise by the Retail Price Index (RPI) measure of inflation as well as 2%.

In addition, increase duty by 10% on hand-rolled tobacco this year, introduce a flat-rate duty on all vaping liquid from 2026, and a one-off increase in tobacco duty to maintain the incentive for smokers to give up smoking.