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Cigarettes and fruit and veg drive CPI up to alarming 3.9 pct 

The upsurge in June inflation came principally from a 5.1-percent month-on-month (m/m) increase in cigarette prices, which carry a 3.3-percent weight in the consumer price index (CPI), and a 17.1-percent m/m rise in postal rates. . .

The cigarette price hike was similarly responsible for the jump in core inflation to 3.9 percent from an estimated 3.5 percent in May. [This graph only]

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