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Riga, 11.10.2023. \u2013<\/strong> The Latvian government adopted a series of amendments to the Excise Tax Law<\/a> which include a gradual increase in the excise tax on e-liquids and other tobacco substitute products. E-liquids and their components will see their excise tax rates increase by an average of 21% every year in 2024, 2025 and 2026, while tobacco substitute products, a category including nicotine pouches, will do so by 10%. The amendments will negatively impact Latvia\u2019s efforts to curb smoking by making options to switch less attractive.<\/p>\n

Alberto G\u00f3mez Hern\u00e1ndez, Community Manager of the World Vapers’ Alliance, commented:<\/p>\n

“Increasing the taxation of safer nicotine products will discourage smokers from switching and push users back to smoking. The international evidence has shown that increasing taxation of e-cigarettes and e-liquids has always led to an increase in smoking, particularly among young adults and low-income groups. Latvia should follow the steps of countries that are successfully reducing smoking rates by encouraging smokers to switch, such as the United Kingdom and Sweden, instead of making it more costly for them.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

The bill will also increase the excise tax rates of heated tobacco products and combustible cigarettes by 5% and 5.6% every year, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cVaping is less harmful than smoking and should be treated as such. The Latvian government should follow a risk-based approach to the taxation of tobacco and alternative nicotine products, with safer products paying lower taxes relative to traditional cigarettes. On the contrary, these measures aim to increase the price of alternative products more rapidly than that of traditional cigarettes, effectively reverting such an approach,<\/em>\u201d added G\u00f3mez Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n

\u201cCountries should always look at keeping a large price differential between less harmful nicotine products and traditional cigarettes. Keeping alternatives to smoking available and cheaper than combustible cigarettes is a great policy to help smokers switch and improve public health,<\/em>\u201d concluded G\u00f3mez Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n

World Vapers\u2019 Alliance calls on the Latvian government to follow an evidence-based approach towards the taxation of alternative nicotine products to incentivize smokers to switch.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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