{"id":7930,"date":"2024-04-11T17:30:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/?p=7930"},"modified":"2024-12-14T09:26:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T08:26:50","slug":"swedish-government-looks-to-slash-taxes-on-snus-raise-tax-on-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snusforumet.se\/en\/swedish-government-looks-to-slash-taxes-on-snus-raise-tax-on-cigarettes\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish government looks to slash taxes on snus, raise tax on cigarettes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Swedish government has submitted a bill to parliament proposing a reduction in the tax on snus and an increase in taxes on cigarettes, citing snus as being less harmful than cigarettes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tax on snus in Sweden is lower than that on cigarettes as cigarettes and smoking tobacco are considered to pose a greater health risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government seeks to extend the difference in taxation levels on different types of tobacco products by further reducing the tax on snus by approximately 20 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simultaneously, the government intends to raise the tax on cigarettes by about 9 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;An increased tax and thus higher prices on cigarettes and smoking tobacco can contribute to a reduction in smoking,&#8221; the government stated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/regeringen.se\/pressmeddelanden\/2024\/04\/regeringen-foreslar-sankt-skatt-pa-snus-och-hojd-skatt-pa-cigaretter\/\">press release.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCigarettes cost society more due to all the health problems associated with smoking, so it makes sense they should be taxed more than snus,&#8221; says Patrik Str\u00f6mer, Secretary General of the Association of Swedish Snus Manufacturers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swedish government has submitted a bill to parliament proposing a reduction in the tax on snus and an increase in taxes on cigarettes, citing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":7912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[293,415],"class_list":["post-7930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulations","tag-snus","tag-taxes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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