A gradual increase in minimum tax rates on cigarettes, to at least €1.50 per pack by 2014, and other tobacco products, was backed by the European Parliament in Strasbourg, but it advocated smaller increases than those proposed by the Commission.
Eiropas Parlaments atbalsta priekšlikumu pakāpeniski līdz 2014. gadam paaugstināt minimālo akcīzes nodokļa likmi tabakas izstrādājumiem, tomēr iesaka to darīt mazākā apmērā, nekā ierosina Eiropas Komisija.