In Denmark, cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, as well as rolling papers are taxed per unit, whereas other tobacco products (finely and roughly chopped smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, snus and other smokeless tobacco) are burdened per kilogram. The tax per kilogram on fine smoking tobacco amounted to 1550.9 Danish kroner in 2024. Cigarette tax was 193.54 øre per unit. In this year, the tax per kilogram on smoking tobacco in Sweden amounted to 1,997 Swedish kronor and cigarette tax was 1.84 Swedish kronor per unit.
In the ten-year period from 2012 to 2022, the sales volume of cigars and cigarettes in Denmark fluctuated. In 2014, it was highest, reaching 126 million units of cigarettes and cigar sold. By the end of this period, the sales volume amounted to 22 million units in Denmark.
* incl. tobacco product covered with aluminum cladding, that is produced to use for electronic cigarettes.
** plus 1 % of retail price.
*** plus 10 % of retail price.
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Danish Ministry of Taxation. (March 25, 2024). Taxes on tobacco products in Denmark in 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/760229/taxes-on-tobacco-products-in-denmark/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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