Furthermore, advocates the KWF other anti-smoking measures to reduce the number of smokers in 2050 (from 19.9% ​​to 7.7%) and an annual revenue of 1.7 billion euros to arrive, by additional tax revenue and reduced productivity.

That State Secretary Van Rijn (Health) of cigarettes has already taken out of the sight of children in the supermarket and packets come to be frightening pictures, the KWF will not be enough .

the proposed measures go excise taxes annually picked up 5% and proposals of the World Health Organization (WHO). Among these are smoking bans, marketing restrictions and media campaigns.

The effects demonstrated by a cost benefit analysis of the University of Maastricht, the RIVM and the Trimbos Institute, funded by the KWF.



Past mortality

According to KWF director Michel Rudolphie is often argued that smoking is good for society through the tax revenue that previous mortality saves money in state pension expenditure. “This research proves the opposite.”

Or is a 5% annual real increase in excise duty, is very doubtful. The Ministry of Health has no plans for this.

at the effect also fall to be questioned. “The Netherlands is not an island. If your taxes does not harmonize, it is more tobacco purchased in neighboring countries, “Janwillem Burgering allows the NSO, association of tobacco retailers.

” Excise tax increases in the last five years spent almost nothing on because everyone in the border region in Belgium smoke were going to buy. Then there remains only a negative impact on retail sales on “The researchers acknowledge that a tax increase at European level can counter the border effects