UK Cigarette Prices and Taxes go through the roof

In a couple of days it will be 14 years since I gave up smoking. 

I thought it would be interesting to see the price of 20 cigarettes today. I was shocked to see the current cost.

If I had smoked like 5-10 a day over the last 14 years I would have spent around $14k. A pretty nice saving made.

Here is a breakdown of movement in prices:

Source: TMA

Year	RRP for 20pk	Tax Element	Tax %
1990	1.65	1.20	73
1991	1.80	1.31	73
1992	2.08	1.55	75
1993	2.27	1.70	75
1994	2.52	1.93	77
1995	2.70	2.09	77
1996	2.89	2.26	78
1997	3.08	2.42	79
1998	3.36	2.65	79
1999	3.64	2.88	79
2000	3.88	3.08	79
2001	4.22	3.37	80
2002	4.39	3.46	79
2003	4.51	3.55	79
2004	4.65	3.65	78
2005	4.82	3.77	78
2006	5.05	3.91	77
2007	5.33	4.07	76
2008	5.44	4.18	77
2009	5.67	4.34	77
2010	6.29	4.83	77
2011	6.63	5.08	77