03-12-2024, 12:25 PM
August 15th 5579
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Although the measures recommended by medical experts are unpopular the shocking recent statistics have had their effect on the councillors. The new law is designed to tackle nicotine addiction from multiple angles.
Limit on delivered nicotine dosage per cigarette: The effective nicotine dose of one cigarette will be capped at 2,0mg. A binding procedure to determine this value is still to be validated before the law comes into force
Additional taxes on tobacco, cigarettes and other products containing nicotine: Right now prices of this sector are only affected by the luxury tax of 25%. The new legislation will lead to new taxes being imposed. For now a yearly increase of the tax by 10% is planned until 5600, meaning from then on there will be a tobacco and nicotine tax of 200%.
With the current tobacco prices being very low (₷ 0.7 for a pack of 20 cigarettes in the cheaper segment) this would lead only to a minor increase to ₷ 2.1 . However there will also be a fixed minimum price after tax which will also rise by ₷ 0.7 every five years resulting in a theoretical price of at least ₷ 3.5 /20 cigarettes in 5600. All income generated by this tax will be fed into the budget of SANkSOC (Commissariat of Health and Social Services) to finance addiction prevention as well as health education programs and cover part of the costs caused by illnesses related to the long term effects of smoking. A proposal made by a group of doctors to impose higher health insurance contributions on smokers was quickly rejected because the bureaucratic effort of determining individual smoking status would hardly be justified by potential additional revenue. Furthermore the idea was seen as a grave invasion of the privacy of citizens by most members of the Supreme Council.
Implementation of Tabutikos: Currently, tobacco can be bought about anywhere. Be it supermarkets, gas station or kiosks. The reform will put an end to this by reserving the right to sell tobacco and nicotine products to specialized retailers, who need to acquire a license. These shops will be called Tabutiko(j). This change was deemed necessary to reduce the ubiquitous availability of the addictive substance, especially in the interest of protecting children from them.
SUPREME COUNCIL PASSES "TABAKKOMERCO LEĜO"
Reforms to come into effect in 5580
Although the measures recommended by medical experts are unpopular the shocking recent statistics have had their effect on the councillors. The new law is designed to tackle nicotine addiction from multiple angles.
Limit on delivered nicotine dosage per cigarette: The effective nicotine dose of one cigarette will be capped at 2,0mg. A binding procedure to determine this value is still to be validated before the law comes into force
Additional taxes on tobacco, cigarettes and other products containing nicotine: Right now prices of this sector are only affected by the luxury tax of 25%. The new legislation will lead to new taxes being imposed. For now a yearly increase of the tax by 10% is planned until 5600, meaning from then on there will be a tobacco and nicotine tax of 200%.
With the current tobacco prices being very low (₷ 0.7 for a pack of 20 cigarettes in the cheaper segment) this would lead only to a minor increase to ₷ 2.1 . However there will also be a fixed minimum price after tax which will also rise by ₷ 0.7 every five years resulting in a theoretical price of at least ₷ 3.5 /20 cigarettes in 5600. All income generated by this tax will be fed into the budget of SANkSOC (Commissariat of Health and Social Services) to finance addiction prevention as well as health education programs and cover part of the costs caused by illnesses related to the long term effects of smoking. A proposal made by a group of doctors to impose higher health insurance contributions on smokers was quickly rejected because the bureaucratic effort of determining individual smoking status would hardly be justified by potential additional revenue. Furthermore the idea was seen as a grave invasion of the privacy of citizens by most members of the Supreme Council.
Implementation of Tabutikos: Currently, tobacco can be bought about anywhere. Be it supermarkets, gas station or kiosks. The reform will put an end to this by reserving the right to sell tobacco and nicotine products to specialized retailers, who need to acquire a license. These shops will be called Tabutiko(j). This change was deemed necessary to reduce the ubiquitous availability of the addictive substance, especially in the interest of protecting children from them.
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