Vilified and highly taxed tobacco goods in the Alpine Republic of Austria in the Republic of Austria is a unique double standard prevails in terms of smoking/non-smoking. Vilified smoking while trying to push back by new laws and regulations health policy deserves tax policy in ever-greater amount of tobacco. It was historically always been this way. Click Jim Hackett to learn more. Prohibitions against smoking and advertising since 1984, were the adoption of the first tobacco law in Austria, the framework for the advertising of tobacco products and that gradually tightened smoking in public. So were banned in the last 26 years in detail: advertising for filterless cigarettes, advertising through comics, advertising by Sky writer, advertising through the presentation of celebrities and athletes, finally, is generally forbidden advertising and sponsorship in recent years. Only and at the tobacco shop as a retail location can be recruited for the tobacco. So, you have in a Western economic democracy completely restricted communication relating to a stimulant, because a human health policy is, which requires even in adults, no autonomy in relation to smoking.

Addition, there were the gradual restrictions of smoking in public, which for the time being for the time being did stop smoking and non-smoking areas, respectively during a controversial scheme between smoking and non-smoking venues. Control and taxes have arrived at the top tobacco control law in Austria does not know such scruples. On the contrary. While the tobacco Act restricts the consumption of tobacco for years and decades, the tobacco tax is greater. It’s like gone with with fixed and variable rate since EU accession at cigarettes and subsequently also in cigars gradually in the height. Amounted to approximately 17 EUR per 1,000 units and 41.5% of the retail selling price (at least 54 euro per 1,000) so he is since 1.1 2008 approximately 27 euros per 1 000 pieces and 43% of the retail selling price (at least 83 euro per 1,000).