Vape and nicotine taxes
Follow excise proposals, tax changes and the incentives created by relative prices. Coverage examines how taxes affect nicotine markets and choices, distinguishing proposed measures from adopted rules.
Countries →Essential reading
All coverage
EXCLUSIVE: Spain to block Tobacco Tax Directive, calling for lower rates on rolling tobacco.
Spain’s demand for a lower tax rate on rolling tobacco threatens agreement on the EU’s proposed tobacco tax directive.
Nicotine pouch bans leave multimillion-pound illegal markets thriving, report finds
A TobaccoIntelligence report examines illicit nicotine pouch markets in countries with bans and other restrictions.
Ireland’s vape flavour ban advances despite warnings it could send ex-smokers back to cigarettes
Ireland’s vape flavour crackdown has cleared its final Seanad hurdle despite warnings it could drive former smokers back to cigarettes and force independent shops to shut.
German tax blunder leaves vape duty missing in action
Germany’s finance ministry has managed an unusual feat: trying to raise tobacco taxes while apparently deleting the current tax rate for vape liquids.
French vapers face fresh tax threat as MPs battle over nicotine rules
French MPs have revived plans to tax vape liquids, putting consumers back in the firing line just weeks after the government left vaping out of its draft budget.
Ireland to increase vape tax by 40 per cent from January
Ireland will raise its tax on vape liquids by 40 per cent from January, adding another €2 in duty to a 10ml refill bottle before VAT.
French vapers get budget reprieve as new tax left out of initial draft
French vapers and businesses have been given a temporary reprieve after the initial draft of the country’s 2027 budget left out any new tax on e-liquids.
Dutch minister wants vaping as expensive as smoking under new tax plan
The Dutch government is preparing a new excise duty on vaping products that could make vaping about as expensive as smoking.
Vape restrictions may push some young people towards cigarettes, major analysis finds
Restrictions on vapes may increase cigarette smoking among young people, according to an analysis of 11 US studies.
