The lowest selling price of cigarettes without filter will be 10 lei a pack, while of those without filter with holder – 12 lei a pack, as opposed to 7 lei a pack at present. A bill to this effect was passed by Parliament on October 27. The lowest price of cigarettes with filter remains 16 lei a pack, IPN reports.
Bill author Iurie Chiorescu said in Parliament it was noticed that the lowest limit of 7 lei a pack for cigarettes without filter is not sufficient for helping achieve the assumed objectives – to increase the state budget revenues and to protect the population’s health.
According to the MP, the rise will contribute to collecting the amounts projected by the Ministry of Finance for 2017 - approximately 1.8 million lei from excise duties on cigarettes and about 0.7 billion lei from VAT on each pack of cigarettes.
