Tobacco is skyrocketing in the United Kingdom: it costs 23 euros per pack and it is now cheaper to travel abroad to buy it

Smoking is an increasingly expensive habit, but if we go to some countries, in addition to being bad for your health, it is bad for your pocket.. This is the case of the United Kingdom, where the imminent rise in the price of tobacco will put it through the roof.

According to the Daily Mail, the next increase, of 10%, will leave the package above 20 pounds, that is, about 23 euros, which means that each cigarette will exceed the price of one euro.

Such is the situation that the Daily Mail has made a calculation that reveals that traveling abroad, low-cost plane ticket included, and buying tobacco at duty free, is cheaper than buying it as is in the United Kingdom.

Specifically, the newspaper says that, since you can bring a carton in Great Britain when you travel (10 packages, 200 cigarettes), if you take a return flight on the same day to Slovakia and take the opportunity to buy tobacco at the airport, you will still save up to 115 euros.

Another trick that the British resort to is having friends or family bring them tobacco when they go on vacation.. This is the example of Brian Holmes, a young man interviewed by the Mail who says that every two weeks he receives relatives from Ireland, who bring him cigarettes.

Another testimony is that of Zack Nasro, an Italian who every two months travels back to his country and buys a carton for himself and another for his partner, who manages until in the end he has to buy it at the skyrocketing price of the United Kingdom.