Speaking as a smoker who spent last Friday on an outing to buy 800 duty paid cigarettes in Adinkerke at £6.60/packet, I wish he'd shut up:
https://www.elphicke.com/news/duty-free-return-would-boost-dover-and-deal-0!
Of course he is actually right - "duty free goods will attract more people to travel", it's just that I don't have the time to spend doing non-landers at 200 duty free cigarettes at £4.99/packet (per round trip).
As I recall from a Baltic cruise, calling in at non-EU Norway has the same effect that Charlie mentions and avoids the additional steaming costs to Dover (or Newcastle).
