{"id":4945,"date":"2023-10-23T07:49:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T11:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=4945"},"modified":"2023-10-24T07:50:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T11:50:22","slug":"vapers-to-pay-more-in-latvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/nl_be\/vapers-to-pay-more-in-latvia\/","title":{"rendered":"Vapers gaan meer betalen in Letland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-field-news-intro-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">De Letse overheid gaat de belasting op e-vloeistoffen verhogen, waardoor het minder aantrekkelijk wordt voor rokers om de schadelijke gevolgen van tabaksgebruik te beperken. De World Vapers&#039; Alliance heeft deze stap veroordeeld en noemt de aanpak onwetenschappelijk. De organisatie eist dat de Letse autoriteiten een op bewijs gebaseerde aanpak hanteren bij de belastingheffing op alternatieve nicotineproducten.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-news-body-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>De Letse regering heeft een reeks wijzigingen in de accijnswet aangenomen, waaronder een geleidelijke verhoging van de accijnzen op e-vloeistoffen en andere tabaksvervangers.<\/p>\n<p>De accijnstarieven voor e-vloeistoffen en hun componenten zullen in 2024, 2025 en 2026 gemiddeld met 211 TP4T per jaar stijgen, terwijl de accijnstarieven voor tabaksvervangers, een categorie waaronder nicotinezakjes vallen, met 101 TP4T zullen stijgen.<\/p>\n<p>De World Vapers&#039; Alliance stelt dat de wetswijzigingen een negatieve impact zullen hebben op de inspanningen van Letland om roken terug te dringen, doordat overstappen minder aantrekkelijk wordt.<\/p>\n<p>Alberto G\u00f3mez Hern\u00e1ndez, Community Manager van de World Vapers&#039; Alliance, gaf de volgende reactie:\u2019<i>Het verhogen van de belasting op veiligere nicotineproducten zal rokers ontmoedigen om over te stappen en gebruikers ertoe aanzetten om weer te gaan roken.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201c&quot;Internationaal onderzoek heeft aangetoond dat een verhoging van de belasting op e-sigaretten en e-vloeistoffen altijd leidt tot een toename van het roken, met name onder jongvolwassenen en mensen met een laag inkomen.&quot;.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Lees de volledige tekst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetofthevapes.co.uk\/news\/vaping-news\/2023-10-23_vapers-to-pay-more-in-latvia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hier<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latvian government is to increase e-liquids taxation and in doing so making tobacco harm reduction less appealing to current smokers. The move has been decried by the World Vapers&#8217; Alliance, which has called the anti-science approach and demanded the Latvian authorities follow an evidence-based approach towards the taxation of alternative nicotine products. 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