The revision of the European Union’s (EU) Tobacco Tax Directive (TTD) provides an opportunity for strengthening the TTD’s role as a driver of significant increases in prices for tobacco products in the member states of the EU, as well as in countries that are considering joining and are in the process of harmonizing their fiscal systems with those of the bloc. Although a full draft of the European Commission’s proposal for a new TTD has been circulating unofficially since late 2022, there is no timeline for the resumption of administrative and legislative steps necessary to complete the renewal process. The Commission’s draft has been evaluated from the perspective of its likely impact on tobacco control in previous research published by the Tobacconomics (now Economics for Health) project. Building on that evaluation’s insights, this report proposes several modifications that aim to enhance the TTD’s impact and thus contribute to the policy debate surrounding the revision of the TTD.

López-Nicolás, Á., SPAIN, C. M., & Drope, J. (2024). Enhancing Europe’s Tobacco Tax Directive for a Healthier Future.