Articles tagged with Taxes
Swedish MPs slammed for plan equating nicotine pouches with cigarettes
Swedish MPs slammed for plan equating nicotine pouches with cigarettes
A student organisation close to Sweden’s centre-right Moderate Party has sharply criticised two of the party’s MPs for seeking to tax tobacco-free nicotine pouches in the same way tobacco. Martin Bergman and Per Mittag-Leffler from the Free Moderate ...
Is Finland about to legalise snus sales?
Is Finland about to legalise snus sales?
According to a new survey by Finish public broadcaster Yle, an increasing number of Finnish members of parliament now want to lift the country's snus ban and legalise snus sales. Finland banned t...
Measuring the outcome of five years of plain tobacco packaging in Australia
Measuring the outcome of five years of plain tobacco packaging in Australia
Australia has the world's highest tax on tobacco and the world’s strictest regulation of tobacco products, but more people smoke today than in 2013, while the black market has captured 20 percent of sales. ...
Column: How should e-cigarettes be taxed? By weight, harm or arbitrarily?
Column: How should e-cigarettes be taxed? By weight, harm or arbitrarily?
Swedish snus has been around for 200 years, e-cigarettes in their current form were invented during this millennium. Both products share the advantage that users can ingest nicotine without being exposed to ha...
Tax committee report: Snus tax revenues plummet due to Laffer-effect
Tax committee report: Snus tax revenues plummet due to Laffer-effect
Published: February 12, 2016 Tax revenues from snus dropped by almost SEK 200m between 2013 and 2014, according to a new report from the Swedish parliament’s Committee on Taxation, which explained the fall ...