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'''Tobacco Duty''' or '''Tobacco Products Duty''', is a [[tax]] levied on [[tobacco]] products manufactured in or imported into the United Kingdom.<ref>{{OGL-attribution}} {{Cite web |date=16 November 2020 |title=Tobacco Products Duty  |url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tobacco-products-duty |url-status=live |access-date=11 June 2021 |website=[[GOV.UK]] |publisher=[[HM Revenue & Customs]] |archive-date=11 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611113052/https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tobacco-products-duty}}</ref>

== History ==
Excise duty on tobacco products was first introduced in 1660. The current form of excise duty was introduced in 1976 to harmonise with the [[European Economic Community]] (EEC).<ref>{{Cite report  |url=https://www.who.int/tobacco/training/success_stories/en/best_practices_united_kingdom_taxation.pdf |title=Report on Tobacco Taxation in the United Kingdom |date= |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] |access-date=11 June 2021 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015542/https://www.who.int/tobacco/training/success_stories/en/best_practices_united_kingdom_taxation.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Taxation in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Smoking in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Tobacco taxation]]


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