🚭 The EU Commission has published its long-awaited proposal to update the #TobaccoTaxDirective.

We applaud @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu for making this crucial step towards reducing smoking rates & moving Europe closer to a tobacco-free generation.

🔗 Our press note: buff.ly/WSjO0VY

💰📈 Increasing the price of smoking can save lives.

Tobacco tax is one of the most effective ways to reduce smoking – especially among young people. We call on EU Commissioner @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu to update the #TobaccoTaxDirective without delay.

👉 Read our letter: buff.ly/0LlhDop

🚬 Together with 15 other leading health NGOs, we are sounding the alarm over concerning signals of industry interference in the ongoing revision of the #TobaccoTaxDirective.

Increasing the price of tobacco and nicotine products can save lives.

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@partnershipfree.bsky.social

In the #EU🇪🇺, countries w/ higher #cigarette taxes would benefit from enhancing the #TobaccoTaxDirective to:

-⬇️ price disparities b/w countries
-⬆️ tax collection
-discourage illicit trade

Read about #Finland, #Denmark, #Netherlands, #Belgium, & #France:

www.economicsforhealth.org/research/cas...

🆕 #research on the #EU🇪🇺 finds that impact of the revision of the #TobaccoTaxDirective on #inflation would be relatively small & temporary 🔎

Relative to baseline inflation, the TTD revision would only ⬆️ inflation b/w 0.1 & 0.4 percentage pts in most Member States in 2028.