Italy allows Vaping Everywhere except Schools .Taxed @ 80.5%

[jeffc]

Hi Peeps. Great news for us vapers, Italy breaks rank, and allows e-cigs to be used everywhere except schools

www.supervapoteur.com/2013/11/14/breaking-news-litalie-legalise-la-vape-en-public/


WELL DONE ITALY. Lets hope others will take this sensible approach.


VIVA ITALIA

[skyjay]

Great news........thanks jeffc for the work u do 4 us

[Pezz]

Are they still taxing ecigs like cigarettes?

[toots]

That's it then, I'm moving to Italy

[Super-Shiny]

Bet the Pope had some influence, i am sure i see a Vamo in his hand when he was in that see through car whilst touring

[djs]

Not so long ago, ecigs were going to be 100% banned in Italy.

I remember the story as one particular "on the ball" (NOT) Vaper commented.

"Oh, no, that will be the end of Liqua e-liquid".

[djs]

Dec 26, 2013 18:19:54 GMT Super-Shiny said:

Bet the Pope had some influence, i am sure i see a Vamo in his hand when he was in that see through car whilst touring

Close, but no cigar Rom.

I understand Pope Franciscus was known to have purchased a clone of obi wan kenobi's light sabre in the FT boxing day door crasher sale of 2012.

[Bluefish]

Fantastic news, won't happen here though.

[jeffc]

Bluefish One never knows what the future may bring.

Even more important for a `massive` nationwide turn out at the BBC vape meets on January 11th @11.am.

Please do your bit by attending.

[tracerace1]

great news jeffc
as jeffc says peeps please try your hardest to go to your local meet on 11/01/2014 at 11am we perhaps can achieve wonders with all of us standing together.

well done jeffc for your tireless work on our behalves

[oldsmokey]

It's gotta be good that at least one European nation has stood up for common sense and broken ranks.

As I see it Italy is actually being honest about vaping. The government needs the dosh - so they're taxing it. They also see the health benefit - so they are allowing public vaping with minimum restriction.

Obviously in an ideal world you would prefer no tax on vaping, but that's probably too much to hope for....


ETA: Maybe Silvio has shares in Liqua - Bunga Bunga juice anyone? 

[jeffc]

Pezz They in Italy will be taxing e-cigs at 58.5%, which is killing off lots of small businesses. They will introduce new

rate of tax in 2014. Government has to recoup taxation lost on tobacco sales (which have even higher tax levels).

But at least they can vape everywhere in public.

[GunJack]

Dec 27, 2013 3:19:37 GMT jeffc said:

Pezz They in Italy will be taxing e-cigs at 58.5%.

..so that'll be Italy's Balance of Trade defecit growing staedily then......

[Deleted]

But I prefer tax maybe to like complete ban...

Right now I need my e-cig and so long as it's taxed less than tobacco and alcohol I 'aint worried (cos I'm such a lightweight drinking wise I get tipsy on brewed cola from Newcastle LOL)

[Fockskey]

Ok, so Italy is allowing people to vape, but taxing above the normal 20% is just not right. The reason for tax being so high on tobacco is because of the health issues, this simply goes away with vaping.

Italy have been honest about there worry of losing revenue, but overtaxing an addiction is no difference to pimping.