UKIP
protests against new EU move to tax E-cigs.
New E-Cig convert, Paul Nuttall who is Deputy Leader of
UKIP, has reacted sharply to news that the European Commission is considering
hiking up tax on healthier electronic cigarettes.
"I am a great fan of e-cigs and UKIP has been very supportive of the practice because it is healthier and a source of jobs for innovative British companies. The British government must stand up against these measures and UKIP undertakes to oppose any legislation from the EU to put tax on electronic cigarettes.
"I am a great fan of e-cigs and UKIP has been very supportive of the practice because it is healthier and a source of jobs for innovative British companies. The British government must stand up against these measures and UKIP undertakes to oppose any legislation from the EU to put tax on electronic cigarettes.
"I
have never seen a private pleasure that the EU does not want to tax. Of course
this move will hike up the cost of vaping e-cigarettes, and thus push more
people back to ordinary and less healthy cigarettes.
"This
move unmasks the EU’s real intent of its Tobacco Directive which was to tax all
cigarettes more and help governments make more money. To paraphrase Ronald
Reagan, ‘The EU’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases:
If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving,
subsidise it."
