{"id":6937,"date":"2026-04-30T06:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=6937"},"modified":"2026-04-30T06:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:04:15","slug":"the-eus-australian-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/nl_be\/the-eus-australian-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"De Australische nachtmerrie van de EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Een nieuwe<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/add.70428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">studie gepubliceerd in Addiction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Het wordt glashelder uitgelegd. Australi\u00eb heeft strafheffingen op tabak ingevoerd en de toegang van consumenten tot minder schadelijke nicotinealternatieven geblokkeerd. Het resultaat: naar schatting 551 ton van alle in Australi\u00eb verkochte tabak en 95,71 ton van alle e-sigaretten zijn nu illegaal. Het nicotinegebruik is recordhoog. Roken is niet ingestort. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drugpolicy.org.au\/australias_failing_nicotine_policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">illegale nicotinehandel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> De markt is nu naar schatting 15,6 miljard dollar waard, en alleen al in Victoria zijn meer dan 100 brandstichtingen in winkels in verband gebracht met criminele groeperingen die strijden om marktbeheersing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De conclusie van de auteurs: Australi\u00eb zou consumenten gemakkelijker toegang moeten geven tot minder schadelijke alternatieve nicotineproducten om de illegale markten onder controle te krijgen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kijk nu eens naar de voorstellen van de Europese Raad en commissaris Wopke Hoekstra voor Europa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tobaccointelligence.com\/eu-presidency-signals-excise-tax-compromise-for-tobacco-and-nicotine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> nieuwste voorstel voor de tabaksaccijnsrichtlijn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Het voorstel zou de minimum accijnzen op sigaretten met 1501 TP4T verhogen en op shag met 501 TP4T. Daarnaast worden er nieuwe minimum accijnzen van 551 TP4T ingevoerd voor verhitte tabakssticks en 301 TP4T voor e-liquids, ongeacht de nicotineconcentratie. Voor nicotine pouches specifiek stelt het voorstel een minimumtarief van 501 TP4T vast, een verhoging van 4101 TP4T ten opzichte van de huidige Zweedse tarieven. Dit betekent dat producten die door volksgezondheidsinstanties in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, Zweden en elders worden aanbevolen als hulpmiddel om te stoppen met roken, onbetaalbaar zouden worden of door de hoge belastingen irrelevant zouden worden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sommige lidstaten willen nog verder gaan en pleiten voor hogere tarieven, strengere controles en zelfs volledige verboden op producten zoals nicotinezakjes. De Commissie lijkt de ramp in Australi\u00eb echter niet als een waarschuwing, maar als een beleidsmodel te beschouwen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De aantallen waarover Brussel al beschikt, zouden voldoende moeten zijn. Volgens <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eureporter.co\/politics\/european-commission\/2025\/12\/10\/a-tax-plan-that-will-blow-up-europe-industry-blasts-von-der-leyen-and-hoekstra-as-ted-revolt-erupts-across-the-eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KPMG-gegevens<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Zoals vermeld in een brief van de industrie aan Von der Leyen en Hoekstra, worden er jaarlijks 52 miljard illegale sigaretten in Europa geconsumeerd, wat overheden \u20ac19 miljard aan gemiste inkomsten kost. Frankrijk, vaak aangehaald als succesverhaal wat betreft tabaksaccijnzen, heeft nu een zwarte markt die een derde van de tabaksmarkt beslaat. De illegale handel in tabak in de EU hoeft niet aangemoedigd te worden. Sterker nog, er moet juist minder van komen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Het Australische rapport maakt duidelijk waar dit toe leidt. Strafheffingen en beperkte toegang tot minder schadelijke alternatieven verminderen het nicotinegebruik niet. Ze verplaatsen het naar de illegaliteit, geven de markt in handen van de georganiseerde misdaad en drijven sommige mensen terug naar sigaretten. <\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study published in Addiction lays it out plainly. Australia adopted punitive tobacco taxes and blocked consumer access to less harmful nicotine alternatives. The result: an estimated 55% of all tobacco sold in Australia and 95.7% of all vapes are now illicit. Nicotine consumption is at a record high. Smoking has not collapsed. 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