{"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\/sv\/the-eus-australian-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"EU:s australiska mardr\u00f6m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En ny<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/add.70428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">studie publicerad i Addiction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> f\u00f6rklarar det tydligt. Australien inf\u00f6rde straffskatter p\u00e5 tobak och blockerade konsumenternas tillg\u00e5ng till mindre skadliga nikotinalternativ. Resultatet: uppskattningsvis 551 TP4T av all tobak som s\u00e4ljs i Australien och 95,71 TP4T av all vape \u00e4r nu olaglig. Nikotinkonsumtionen \u00e4r rekordh\u00f6g. R\u00f6kning har inte kollapsat. Den <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drugpolicy.org.au\/australias_failing_nicotine_policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">olaglig nikotinhandel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00e4r nu v\u00e4rt uppskattningsvis 1 500 560 miljarder pund, och \u00f6ver 100 brandbombningar av butiksfasader enbart i Victoria har kopplats till kriminella grupper som k\u00e4mpar om marknadskontroll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F\u00f6rfattarnas slutsats: Australien b\u00f6r ge konsumenterna enklare tillg\u00e5ng till mindre skadliga alternativa nikotinprodukter f\u00f6r att f\u00e5 kontroll \u00f6ver illegala marknader.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Se nu vad Europeiska r\u00e5det och kommission\u00e4r Wopke Hoekstra f\u00f6resl\u00e5r f\u00f6r 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;\"> det senaste f\u00f6rslaget till direktiv om punktskatt p\u00e5 tobak<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> skulle h\u00f6ja minimipunktskatterna p\u00e5 cigaretter med 150% och 50% p\u00e5 rulltobak, samtidigt som nya minimipunktskatter p\u00e5 55% f\u00f6r uppv\u00e4rmda tobakspinnar och 30% f\u00f6r e-v\u00e4tskor inf\u00f6rs, oavsett nikotinkoncentration. F\u00f6r nikotinp\u00e5sar fastst\u00e4ller f\u00f6rslaget en minimiskattesats p\u00e5 50%, en \u00f6kning med 410% j\u00e4mf\u00f6rt med nuvarande svenska skattesatser. Produkter som folkh\u00e4lsoorgan i Storbritannien, Sverige och p\u00e5 andra h\u00e5ll rekommenderar som verktyg f\u00f6r att hj\u00e4lpa m\u00e4nniskor att sluta r\u00f6ka skulle i praktiken priss\u00e4ttas utom r\u00e4ckh\u00e5ll eller beskattas till irrelevans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vissa medlemsstater vill g\u00e5 \u00e4nnu l\u00e4ngre och driver p\u00e5 f\u00f6r h\u00f6gre skattesatser, str\u00e4ngare kontroller och till och med fullst\u00e4ndiga f\u00f6rbud mot produkter som nikotinp\u00e5sar. Kommissionen verkar \u00e5 sin sida inte behandla Australiens katastrof som en varning utan som en policymodell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De siffror som Bryssel redan har framf\u00f6r sig borde vara tillr\u00e4ckliga. Enligt <\/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-data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Som det citeras i ett brev fr\u00e5n branschen till von der Leyen och Hoekstra, konsumeras 52 miljarder illegala cigaretter i Europa varje \u00e5r, vilket kostar regeringar 19 miljarder euro i f\u00f6rlorade int\u00e4kter. Frankrike, som ofta n\u00e4mns som en framg\u00e5ngssaga f\u00f6r tobaksskatter, har nu en svart marknad som t\u00e4cker en tredjedel av dess tobaksmarknad. EU:s illegala handel beh\u00f6ver inte uppmuntran. Den beh\u00f6ver mindre av den.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australienrapporten \u00e4r tydlig med vart detta leder. Straffskatter och begr\u00e4nsad tillg\u00e5ng till mindre skadliga alternativ minskar inte nikotinkonsumtionen. De flyttar den under jorden, \u00f6verl\u00e4mnar marknaden till organiserad brottslighet och driver vissa m\u00e4nniskor tillbaka till cigaretter. <\/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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