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Sweden\u2019s finance minister says leaked plans to fund the next EU budget with a tobacco tax hike are \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d and vowed to continue her fight for Swedish snus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elisabeth Svantesson, Sweden\u2019s finance minister and member of the centre-right Moderate Party, took to X to express her outrage over plans described in a leaked German government document suggesting the next EU budget could be funded by new taxes on tobacco and electronic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe proposal that\u2019s circulating is completely unacceptable to the Swedish government,\u201d she wrote in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the European Commission submits its proposal, I will continue to fight for Swedish snus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tax revenue belongs to Sweden, not the EU<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In her comments on X, Svantesson emphasized the importance of member states maintaining the ability to tax tobacco and nicotine products according to their relative harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also pushed back against the possibility of increased tax revenues from \u201cwhite snus\u201d – the common Swedish term for nicotine pouches \u2013 going to the EU rather than benefiting Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt goes without saying that the tax revenue should benefit Sweden and not go to EU bureaucracy,\u201d she wrote<\/a> in the same thread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New \u2018own resources\u2019 from tobacco to fund budget<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Svantesson\u2019s comments come in response to reports that the European Commission is mulling an increase in taxes on tobacco as a new revenue stream to fund the EU budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plans appear in a line in a document<\/a> originating with Germany\u2019s International Affairs Liaison Office in Brussel, meant for the German parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNew sources of own resources may also be explored, such as levies on electronic waste or tobacco,\u201d the document reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Euractiv,<\/a> which first reported on the document, \u201cown resources\u201d refers to primary revenue sources used to fund the EU budget, which is currently funded primarily by EU member states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweden: A tobacco harm reduction leader <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Last month, it emerged<\/a> that the European Commission\u2019s proposed revisions to the Tobacco Excise Tax Directive (TED) would hike levies on nicotine pouches in Sweden by 650 percent, prompting pushback from Swedish MEPs and consumer groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Sweden, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, and Romania have also expressed opposition to the TED revisions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While moist tobacco snus has been banned in the EU since 1992, Sweden has had an exemption from the ban, offering consumers in Sweden a less-harmful smoke-free alternative to deadly cigarettes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Sweden has the lowest daily smoking rate in the EU – around 5 percent – compared with an EU average of around 20 percent. The availability of snus – and more recently, nicotine pouches – is seen as a key component in Sweden\u2019s success as a model for tobacco harm reduction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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