The Royal Navy has tightened its rules on alcohol consumption before duty.

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In the event, they have settled for banning sales of drink for less than the tax paid on it (alcohol duty, plus VAT, a consumption tax).

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The site says 7.2 percent of the national daily oil consumption is attributed to heavy-duty truck idling.

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If the cigarette market goes the same way as hand-rolling tobacco, then increases in duty could actually result in an increase in overall consumption as well as a fall in revenues.

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To understand individual consumption, we need data on the percentage of light duty vehicle miles specifically for passenger use (versus business or government fleet use).

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