EU health commissioner vows to hike vape taxes to match cigarettes

EU health commissioner vows to hike vape taxes to match cigarettes

GASTEIN, Austria — European Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi said the EU will eventually hike taxes on vapes to match “classic tobacco products” as Europe was already seeing the public health impact of vaping. Várhelyi said the European Commission’s proposed tax hikes on cigarettes and vapes, presented in July, were a “strong signal” of EU policy’s direction of travel. The Commission proposed to raise tobacco taxes across the board and set mi…