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Swedes still face 400% tax hike on pouches with EU’s latest TED revision

Swedes still face 400% tax hike on pouches with EU’s latest TED revision

A new compromise on revising the EU's Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) has emerged. The latest TED revision would raise taxes paid by Swedish nicotine pouch consumers by 400 percent over current levels. The leaked draft document reviewed by Snusforumet and d...

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Elisabeth Svantesson, Moderaterna

Sweden slams leaked EU plan to fund budget with tobacco tax hike

Sweden slams leaked EU plan to fund budget with tobacco tax hike

Sweden’s finance minister says leaked plans to fund the next EU budget with a tobacco tax hike are “completely unacceptable” and vowed to continue her fight for Swedish snus. Elisabeth Svantesson, Sweden’s ...

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Outrage over leaked EU pouch tax proposal: ‘An attack on Swedish public health gains’ 

Outrage over leaked EU pouch tax proposal: ‘An attack on Swedish public health gains’ 

A leaked European Commission document reveals plans that would raise taxes on nicotine pouches by 650 percent. The EU pouch tax proposal has been slammed as an attack on Swedish consumers and the country’s pub...

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TED revision: Sweden needs more influence over EU nicotine tax proposals

TED revision: Sweden needs more influence over EU nicotine tax proposals

A letter signed by 15 EU finance ministers urging the European Commission to push ahead with revisions to the Tobacco Excise Tax Directive (TED) has raised alarm bells that the proposed TED revision ignores th...

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eu call for evidence EU tobacco law

EU tobacco tax reform risks undermining harm reduction: report

EU tobacco tax reform risks undermining harm reduction: report

A fresh analysis of the European Commission’s tobacco tax reform plans raises concerns that the revised directive could punish safer nicotine alternatives like snus and nicotine pouches. The European Commis...