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Soft-pack cigarette packs are lightweight and easily pliable

During the early 1920s enthusiasm for the Black Cat was at a peak, with many people wearing badges and stickers featuring the cat and even going to fancy dress parties in black cat costumes

According to Treasury figures, tobacco duty rises will see an extra 66p added to a packet of 20 cigarettes - likely to take the average cost past 15 - and an extra 33p per 10g of cigars Around 80 per cent of the price of a packet of cigarettes is made up of tax, with ministers having regularly used a tobacco duty escalator over the past three decades to hike levies

The result is a functional substitute that provides genuine effect alongside the ritual satisfaction not just something to keep your hands busy