The future of nicotine product sales could change dramatically: WHO proposes limiting their production and sale, and even “eliminating” cigarette filters. However, health experts face resistance from European countries with strong tobacco industries and concerns about the black market.

Nové smernice zásadne prekopávajú doterajší systém zdaňovania tabakových a nikotínových výrobkov. Európska komisia ale nehovorí jasne, či majú krajiny zdaňovať zahrievaný tabak podľa váhy alebo podľa kusov. 

While Slovakia’s finance ministry analyzes how much the new tobacco directive would add to or take from the budget, traders and the WHO are raising warning flags.

From 2028, the minimum excise duty on tobacco products and their alternatives is set to be tens to hundreds of percent higher than what the directive has previously established.