tobacco rules

[mattworkman]

how many cigarettes can i bring back to england from zante

[Buenchico]

Greece is in the EU. When returning from any EU country (excluding a few of the newer member states, which aren't relevant here), you can theoretically bring back an unlimited quantity of cigarettes, as long as they're for your personal use.

HMRC have produced guidelines which indicate the maximum quantities of tobacco & alcohol products that they'll normally allow people to import, without challenging travellers as to whether the imports are for personal use or not. The relevant figure for cigarettes is 3200.

It should be noted, however, that HMRC have the right to confiscate the entire quantity of cigarettes (irrespective of whether the 3200 'limit' has been exceeded or not), if they have reason to believe that any of them are being imported for 'commercial' purposes. In particular, they're likely to be suspicious if you bring back several different brands.

Chris

[NORMANTHEDOG]

putting it in one sentence 3200

[SteveD]

In view of the current restrictions on handbaggage and assuming that you don't want to crush them in your checked baggage, can you actually carry 3200 cigarettes on board an aircraft? What is the physical volume of this many cigarettes?