{"id":1297,"date":"2021-06-21T15:57:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2022-05-11T05:58:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T09:58:36","slug":"tobacco-taxation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/ro\/tobacco-taxation\/","title":{"rendered":"Impozitarea tutunului \u2013 Tot ce trebuie s\u0103 \u0219ti\u021bi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some policymakers are trying their best to push vaping and smoking into the same category, which would be detrimental for people who are looking to make the switch from smoking. At the moment, the European Commission has a consultation open to citizens about how they should deal with (amongst others) vaping in new legislation. Hurry up and submit your response, as the deadline for this consultation is Tuesday, June 22 , 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’ve put together some useful vaping taxation facts for those of you who want to submit to the European Commission’s consultation.<\/p>\n

It’s important that you take a few minutes and submit your response before the consultation closes!<\/p>\n

The consultation is accessible here<\/a> and closes at midnight on June 22:<\/p>\n

At the end of the consultation, you’ll have the option to attach a file. Feel free to use our taxation explainer.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD <\/a><\/p>\n

And don’t forget the main message: Vaping is an efficient way to quit smoking – don’t tax it like cigarettes<\/em><\/p>\n

Fact Sheet on Vaping Taxation<\/strong><\/p>\n

The World Vapers\u2019 Alliance<\/a> strongly urges policymakers to stay away from equating smoking and vaping, especially when it comes to taxation. Making vaping less appealing to smokers – especially through increasing taxes, thereby prices of vaping products will discourage current smokers from switching to less harmful<\/a> alternatives. This is certainly not going to be of any public health benefit.<\/p>\n

Additionally, high taxes on vaping products are particularly harmful to the lower income brackets of the population by making it harder to switch, while this group makes up the largest proportion of current smokers.<\/p>\n

We urge the EU Commission to follow the scientific evidence and abstain from tighter regulation and higher taxation of vaping products if we want to reduce smoking-induced burdens on public health. Access and affordability to vaping products need to be guaranteed.<\/p>\n

Higher vaping taxation increases smoking rates\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n