According to media reports , the centre-right-centralist coalition plans to increase even more drastically taxes on tobacco It's more than planned. According to the paper Redaktionsnetnerk Deutschland (RND), citing an interior national paper Ministry of Finance, the price of a pack of cigarettes is to gradually emergence to almost 12 euros by 2030. That's about 40 cents more than the national government late determined.
In particular, the average price of a cigaret pack is expected to emergence to EUR 9.10 in 2027, compared with the previously planned increase to EUR 8.77. By 2030, the average price is expected to gradually emergence to EUR 11.78. Similarly, the taxation on fine-cut tobacco – or hand-turn tobacco – is besides to be raised. According to RND, the planned taxation increase is expected to bring any EUR 800 million in additional income per year.
According to media reports, the reason for the change is the budget deficit. Government sources claim that a "moderate increase" is not only utilized to consolidate the budget but besides to defend public health. It is besides in line with the nonsubjective of the national government to reduce the number of smokers among youth and adults.
