Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday that the Health Ministry will have to improve its proposed package of measures to discourage smoking, adding that the government backs a ban on tobacco displays in shops, but it does not see sufficient arguments for plain cigarette packaging. […]
The Lithuanian Customs seized almost 64 million illegal cigarettes with a total estimated value of 9.5 million euros in the first half of this year, making up the bulk of all smuggled goods detained during the period. […]
Four out of five packets of smuggled cigarettes in Lithuania come from Belarus, according to a survey of used packets conducted at the end of last year by Nielsen. […]
Annual per capita consumption of legal cigarettes in Lithuania rose to 50 packs last year, from 47.4 packs in 2013, data from Statistics Lithuania shows. […]
Illicit cigarettes last year accounted for 28.3 percent of Lithuania’s market of tobacco products, the second highest rate in Europe after Latvia’s, according to the latest study by the international audit, tax and consulting company KPMG. […]
Continued flows of cigarettes smuggling into Lithuania have highlighted a new tendency – increasing amounts of tobacco enter the country from the European Union’s (EU) member-state Latvia rather than the Russian Kaliningrad region or Belarus, as the case was before, the Lietuvos Žinios daily said. […]
The parliament of Lithuania has adopted amendments to the Law on Excise Duty. The bill introduces higher excise duty rates on beer, wine and other fermented beverages, intermediate products, ethyl alcohol, cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos starting in March 2015. […]
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