{"id":25325,"date":"2025-07-09T15:31:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/?p=25325"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:31:50","slug":"swedish-finance-minister-hits-back-at-eu-tax-on-nicotine-pouches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/post\/swedish-finance-minister-hits-back-at-eu-tax-on-nicotine-pouches\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish finance minister hits back at EU tax on nicotine pouches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"clear-before-content-2\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"clear-3089739073\"><img src=\"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/caafc5c68900198b80aee12c11b50184.avif\" alt=\"\"   style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Elisabeth Svantesson, the Swedish Minister of Finance, has hit back at plans &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/post\/exclusive-vaping-and-nicotine-tax-to-be-part-of-the-eu-budget\/\">first revealed on Clearing the Air<\/a> &#8211; to make levies on tobacco and nicotine products part of the EU budget.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLeaks suggest that the EU Commission will next week present proposals for a new Tobacco Tax Directive. The proposal circulating is completely unacceptable to the Swedish government\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ElisabethSvan\/status\/1942608817654583419\" rel=\"nofollow\">said on X yesterday<\/a> (in Swedish).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt appears that the EU Commission&#8217;s proposal would entail a very significant tax increase on white snus, and furthermore, the Commission wants the tax revenues to go to the EU and not to Sweden\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweden went on to offer unapologetic support for safer nicotine products. \u201cThe [Swedish] government wants each EU country to be able to tax tobacco and nicotine based on its relative harmfulness. And for us, it is obvious that the tax revenues should benefit Sweden and not go to EU bureaucracy\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI have previously discussed the government&#8217;s objections with the responsible Commissioner Hoekstra\u201d she concluded. \u201cWhen the EU Commission presents its proposal, I will continue to fight for Swedish snus\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement represent a significant blow to the Commission\u2019s plans to hike taxes on nicotine pouches (known as \u201cwhite snus\u201d in Sweden) by around 50%; <a href=\"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/post\/exclusive-brussels-to-raise-tax-on-vapes-pouches-and-iqos\/\">as first revealed on Clearing the Air<\/a> last month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approving the EU Commission\u2019s proposals on taxing nicotine products will require unanimity among EU Member States, with Sweden able to block the entire proposal if it is not satisfied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU executive is due to show its hand next Wednesday, when it will publish proposals for a Multiannual Financial Framework: its budget for the next seven years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear-after-content-2\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"clear-845404423\"><img src=\"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/caafc5c68900198b80aee12c11b50184.avif\" alt=\"\"   style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elisabeth Svantesson, the Swedish Minister of Finance, has hit back at plans &#8211; first revealed on Clearing the Air &#8211; to make levies on tobacco and nicotine products part of the EU budget. \u201cLeaks suggest that the EU Commission will next week&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":990003,"featured_media":25326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257],"tags":[186,333],"slider":[],"class_list":["post-25325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-nicotine","tag-sweden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/990003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25332,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25325\/revisions\/25332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25325"},{"taxonomy":"slider","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/slider?post=25325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}