From: TheJournal.ie
OFFICERS OF THE Revenue Commissioners seized 50 million illicit cigarettes less last year than in 2012.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan told the Dáil before Christmas that there had been 40.05 million illegal cigarettes seized up until the end of November last year.
Addressing the decline, Noonan said a number of factors had to be considered.
“The incidence of illicit cigarettes in Ireland is evaluated through annual surveys of smokers undertaken for the Revenue Commissioners and the National Tobacco Control Office of the Health Services Executive.
