Cigarette smokers in the European Union pay far more in excise taxes than they do for the cigarettes themselves. Our latest map illustrates the wide variance in cigarette excise taxes across EU Standardising the measurement of e cigarette taxes in the USA, 20102020 Tobacco Control An overview of national level excise taxes on e cigarettes across the world Big tobacco tax? Big whoop for vapers hereand even more incentive to stick to e cigarettes to get their nicotine hit. How much more resources will we need to spend on enforcement to In the European Union, cigarette smokers pay more in taxes than for the product itself. Under the EU Tobacco Tax Directive, every Member State must levy a minimum excise tax on tobacco