Just to add to Chas’s sage advice, I found a menthol flavouring in vape juice gave me the throat hit I needed to mimic smoking a rolly enough to make the switch, and saving about £150 a month !!
I also started on 28mg when it was available - I was a very heavy smoker!! now on 18’s and that’s fine
In an ideal world (for a smoker)
Baccy that can be purchased in Belgium at less than 25% of the UK price. Wouldn't be £25 here!
Even if it was £15 I wouldn't have bothered with running the gauntlet of going from N'pton to Belgium.
What used to really pi$$ me off was. Although the law stated we could bring back what we liked if it was for personal use.
Customs at Dover used to act like the Gestapo.
I got pulled in once & they threatened to take my vehicle & everything in it. I was forced to roll a ciggie & smoke it in front of them.
They still continued with the intimidation & bully boy tactics.
Right up until I emptied a small bag containing 100's of the tear-off paper security seals from Belgian baccy pouches onto the desk of the interrogation room.
And added..."Ok guys, if that baccy isn't for my personal use. And I'm a smuggler? Explain how I have all these paper seals ya pricks!"...
I was then allowed on my way. After I'd made them carry all the bags back to my car & arrange them neatly in the boot. I even sparked up another ciggie in their office (interrogation room) & was told I was in a "No smoking area"
Which was met with..."F#CK OFF! It wasn't 20 minutes ago!"...