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Budget 2027 adds €1 to cigarettes and 20 cents per millilitre to e-liquid duty. Nicotine pouches got no mention — which keeps their tax status in Ireland unresolved.

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South Korea is considering raising cigarette prices again, a decade after a near-doubling of the pack price drove smoking rates down sharply. The move could accelerate the shift to nicotine pouches in a market where they remain largely unregulated.

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Germany is discussing annual tobacco tax increases that would push cigarette prices to €11.36 per pack by 2030. Nicotine pouches, already taxed under Germany's tobacco framework, will likely see parallel hikes.

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Starting September 1, 2026, New York extends its 75% wholesale tobacco tax to nicotine pouches — treating Zyn, On!, and Velo like cigars even though they contain no tobacco. Every seller must be licensed as a tobacco dealer, and a floor tax on existing inventory is due September 21.

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The EU wants to tax nicotine pouches at bloc level for the first time. But the proposal is now tied to the EU budget fight, making the unanimous vote it needs even harder.

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Germany forbids the sale of tobacco-free nicotine pouches, yet around 1.5 million people use them regularly. The Bundestag's own research service now estimates the grey market is costing the state up to €368 million a year in lost tax — and the country is split on whether to legalize, regulate and tax, or keep the ban.

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EU finance ministers couldn't agree on new minimum taxes for nicotine pouches after Sweden refused to back a compromise that would have doubled pouch taxation. Here's what happened and what comes next.