Raising tobacco duty
Act amending the annex to the Act on Excise Duty on Tobacco
Taxation of traditional tobacco products, such as cigarettes, rolling tobacco and cigars, will be tightened from the beginning of 2027. The increase aims to increase state revenue and reduce smoking by raising product prices.
- Status
- In progress
- Submitted
- 21 Sep 2026
- Latest event
- 4 Nov 2026
- Votes
- 0
- Speeches
- 1
- Source
- eduskunta.fi ↗
What is proposed
Tobacco duty on cigarettes, rolling tobacco, pipe and cigarette tobacco, and cigars and cigarillos, will be increased by an average of 5 per cent. The increase will apply to the specific excise duty and the minimum excise duty, and will be implemented on top of previously decided tax increases. No changes will be made to the tax levels on electronic cigarette liquids, heated tobacco products or nicotine pouches.
What it means
The act would enter into force on 1 January 2027. The proposed additional increase will raise the price of a pack of 20 cigarettes by an average of about 60 cents and the price of a 30-gram pouch of rolling tobacco by about 70 cents. With all the tax increases taking effect in 2027, the average price of a pack of cigarettes is projected to rise to over 14 euros. The change will increase state tax revenue by about 30 million euros on an annual basis and is estimated to reduce cigarette consumption by nearly 2 per cent.
How Parliament voted
Consideration is ongoing: Parliament has not yet voted on the bill in plenary.
Debate in the chamber
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1 speech · 1 speaker · 1 debate
Keskustelu päättyi. Asia lähetettiin valtiovarainvaliokuntaan. Keskustelu asiasta sallittiin myös päiväjärjestyksen 3. asiakohdassa sekä 22.—24.9.2026 pidetyissä täysistunnoissa hallituksen esityksen HE 175/2026 vp käsittelyn yhteydessä.
Stages of consideration
The bill's path from the preliminary debate to the decision, as recorded by Parliament.
- 21 Sep 2026Eduskuntakäsittelyn vireilletulo · Valtiovarainministeriö
- 25 Sep 2026Lähetekeskustelu · Täysistunto
- 23 Oct 2026Valiokunnan mietintö tai lausunto · valtiovarainvaliokunta
- 4 Nov 2026Ensimmäinen käsittely · Täysistunto
Decisions by law proposal1
- 1Laki tupakkaverosta annetun lain liitteen muuttamisesta
Proposed law text
The law proposals in the bill as the Government presented them. The final act may differ after committee consideration.
The law text is shown in Finnish or Swedish from Parliament's official documents; it is not translated into English.
Laki tupakkaverosta annetun lain liitteen muuttamisesta
Eduskunnan päätöksen mukaisesti muutetaan tupakkaverosta annetun lain (1470/1994) liite, sellaisena kuin se on laissa 1353/2025, seuraavasti:
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Tämä laki tulee voimaan päivänä kuuta 20 .
Main content of the bill (official)
The summary and title were produced with AI on 23 Sep 2026. They are not official documents – check the details in the original bill. The title and summaries are machine translations of the Finnish AI summaries. Speeches and quotations are always shown in their original language.