25 JUNE 1965, Page 16

Tobacco and Finance

Sia,—It's all Very well for Mr. Hubert Little, of the National Society of Non-Smokers, to question how Britain can afford to pay £100 million a year to dollar areas to import tobacco. But how does he propose to replace over £1,000 million in taxes on tobacco, representing about one-eighth of total state

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