2023-12-27 05:31:00
From January 1, 2024, smoking will still be just as harmful to health and will become even worse for the wallet and whether it is electronic cigarettes or traditional cigarettes. Thus, an excise duty, amounting to 0.15 euros per ml, will be levied on e-liquids, while tobacco-related products will see their price increase by around 25%, confirmed to the Belga agency. the federal ministers of Finance and Public Health.
Concretely, you will have to pay two euros more (plus or minus 25%) for a pack of cigarettes. Potted tobacco will also see its price increase. The increase in excise duties will be 52 euros per thousand cigarettes and 42.6 euros per kilo of smoking tobacco.
Increase in fluid level as well
A new tax will also be introduced on liquids (with or without nicotine) for electronic cigarettes. It will amount to 0.15 euros per ml, which corresponds to an increase of 1.5 euros for a 10 ml bottle and 16.5 euros for a 100 ml bottle.
Also read Liquid for e-cigarettes will be taxed from January 1
During the legislature, the De Croo government intensified its fight against smoking through the “Tobacco Plan”, which translates into a whole series of measures intended to lead to a “tobacco-free generation”.
Increasing the price of tobacco is among the six best actions to combat tobacco use according to the World Health Organization.
According to the Cancer Foundation, 24% of the population smokes in Belgium, including 19% daily (at a rate of around 14 cigarettes per day according to figures dating from 2022). However, smoking is the leading preventable cause of cancer. Every day, nearly 40 Belgians (14,000 people per year) die from smoking. Not to mention the 300,000 Belgians who suffer from tobacco-related illnesses.
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