 Cigarette smokers and sugary drink enthusiasts alike will feel the effects of budget 2018. Minister for Finance, Pat Caldonahue, announced on Tuesday that there will be a 30 cent increase on sugary drinks starting in April. Starting immediately, there will be a 50 cent increase in cigarettes. DCUTV asked students how this will affect their lives. I think it's good because it just stops younger people smoking. I think the older generation who are going to keep smoking, there's no going back there. But it will stop younger people smoking and that's positive. Well, I'm not impressed. I mean, the cigarette tax is about the only thing that I pay attention to in the budget. That might be a little bit of an arm-rounded, but I went to the spa yesterday and I asked for Marbra Touch, which are usually the only cigarettes that are under 10 euro. They're usually 9.80 and your man goes, 10.30 p.m. and I was like, what? 50 p.m. extra. So I was like, okay, it's time to give up. I think it's a great thing. You know, people that smoke, they should have to pay more, just encourage people to smoke and if they smoke, they should have to pay more, I think. I'm from France and like, compared to here, it's really cheap, like here, the pack is like 12 euros and in France, it's 6 euros or 7 euros. So to me, it's a little bit complicated and what I do actually, it's when a friend of mine go by to France, I ask that friend, can you take cigarette with you when you go back to Ireland? Yeah, no, I'm not really happy with that, the taxes. Ireland is now the second most expensive European country to buy cigarettes. Prices and premium packs of cigarettes have broken the 12-year barrier. Along with the 30 cent per liter hike in sugar drink costs, there will be a reduced rate of 20 cents per liter on drinks with between 5 grams and 8 grams of sugar per 100 milliliters. The Irish Heart Foundation said the new tax was a landmark day in the fight against obesity. I'm Kylie Wald and this is DCU TV News.