Smoking in Estonia
In Estonia, smoking is legal but restrictions and regulations exist on tobacco products. Under these regulations, the sale of cigarettes is permitted with a license. However, purchasing them online and from vending machines is not permitted. Importing cigarettes for trade is allowed with the appropriate license. But, all forms of advertising of tobacco products including cigarettes are banned. Additionally, health warnings on cigarette packaging are required, the minimum legal age for purchasing them is 18 years, and there are no comprehensive restrictions on smoking in public places. Cigarettes are subject to a total taxation rate of 88.17%, including an excise tax rate of 41.50%. Within this regulatory context, in 2024 Estonia had around 246,000 current adult smokers, corresponding to an adult current smoking prevalence of 21.6%. Among adult males, the current smoking prevalence was 27.1%, while among adult females it was 16.7% in 2024. In comparison, this prevalence was 23.4% in 2022. The adult daily smoking prevalence was 19.8% in 2023. Mortality data show that in 2021 tobacco smoking led to 1,333 deaths in the country, including 1,061 among males and 272 among females. This presents that smoking accounted for 7.17% of all deaths in Estonia in 2021, including 12.03% of male deaths and 2.79% of female deaths.
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April 16, 2021 by vapingpost.com
NNA Welcomes Estonia’s Decision to Suspend Excise Duty on E-Liquids
The Estonian Parliament has recently voted to suspend the excise duty on e-liquids between the 1st of April 2021 until 31 December 2022, with the aim of reducing cross-border trade and illicit trade. [...]
“Suspending the collection of excise duty will make it possible to lower the price of e-liquids and thus offer consumers controlled and safe products at a lower price. It has the potential to become a success story if we manage to reduce both the illicit trade and cross-border trade and at the same time offer less harmful alternatives to cigarettes at a more competitive price,” said Tarmo Kruusimäe, Member of the Estonian Parliament
December 23, 2020 by nna.ee
NNA Smoke Free Estonia Commends Estonia’s Decision to Suspend E-liquid Excise Duty, [...]
NNA Smoke Free Estonia announced that the Estonian Parliament voted to suspend the collection of excise duty on e-liquids in order to reduce cross-border trade and illicit trade. Excise duty will not be collected from 1 April 2021 until 31 December 2022. According to various estimates, self-mixed, cross-border and smuggled e-liquids account for 62-80% of the entire Estonian e-liquids market.
"Suspending the collection of excise duty will make it possible to lower the price of e-liquids and thus offer consumers controlled and safe products at a lower price. [...]
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