Overview
- Coalition negotiators asked the Finance Ministry to prepare an amendment that raises the planned tobacco tax path and a ministry spokesperson confirmed the request on Monday.
- The draft sets a staged price path with average 20‑pack prices at about €9.10 in 2027, €9.91 in 2028, €10.81 in 2029 and €11.78 in 2030.
- The proposal widens higher levies to Feinschnitt, cigars and pipe tobacco and would add one cent per millilitre each year to e‑liquid taxes.
- Revenue estimates in the draft show roughly €756 million extra in 2027 growing to multiple billions by 2030, a projection the government links to closing budget gaps and health financing.
- Health organisations generally back higher prices while the tobacco industry and some opposition figures warn of more smuggling and urge that any new revenues be earmarked for prevention and care.