The German government proposed a new tax on tobacco and nicotine substitute products in April last year. The draft measure was first released by the German Ministry of Finance in February. The amendment will take effect on July 1, 2022 and will update tobacco taxes for the first time in ten years.

Sadly, the measures approved last week will result in safer alternatives being taxed in the same way as regular tobacco products. From 2022 to 2023, a tax of 0.02 euros per milligram of nicotine alkaloids will be levied on products containing nicotine, which will be increased to 0.04 euros per milligram by 2024. Subsequently, each pack of these two products will add another 15 cents in 2025 and 2026.

The amendment means that a 10ml bottle of e-cigarette liquid currently sells for about 5 Euros, and will cost an extra 1.60 Euros by 2022, and will increase by 3.20 Euros by 2026. The Electronic Cigarette Trade Association (VdeH) warned that raising the price of safer alternatives may prompt many e-cigarette users to re-smoker.

E-cigarette consumers have expressed their concerns about taxes

Last month, the World Electronic Cigarette Users Alliance (WVA) organized a Covid-friendly demonstration to give German and European e-cigarette users the opportunity to express their concerns and opinions. "These laws pose a major threat to more than 2 million e-cigarette users in Germany who have quit smoking," WVA said in a press release.

"E-cigarettes have saved millions of lives. However, policy makers and tobacco control advocates refuse to see reality, preferring to put their ideology before saving lives. These proposed new laws will become e-cigarette users. And a major setback for smokers who want to quit. This is why our members felt the need to take action and brought the Vape army to the streets of Berlin in this Covid-friendly demonstration,” the organization added.

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