Health Risk From Tax?

The Government is warning people against the 15% of cigarettes sold in the UK which are smuggled into the country. Many are 'fake' - made in Eastern Europe and China to look like well-known brands - and can contain high levels of toxic substances, like lead and arsenic, and so are even more dangerous to health than normal cigarettes.

It doesn't seem to have occurred to them that it is only worth supplying fake cigarettes because high taxes make legitimate ones so expensive - tax makes up £3.77 or nearly 80% of the price of a pack of 20.

Should the Government cut the tax on cigarettes to improve smokers' health?