Report Published: "Cigarettes in Croatia"
The key event in 2012 was the overhaul of taxes by the government. Pressured by a budget deficit, and the timeline for adjusting the tax levels to those in Europe, an amendment to the tax rate was issued in 2012, influencing not only tobacco, but alcohol and fuel as well. Tobacco products which previously enjoyed low taxes such as RYO and pipe tobacco were subject to a severe tax increase, followed by another one in 2013. These new pressures have...
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