The Polish Tobacco Industry Association (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Przemysłu Tytoniowego) represents the interests of tobacco producers in Poland. Its objective is to promote tobacco farming and to counteract the smuggling of tobacco products.
Membership in the association includes Orion, FTK, Tobacco Trading International Poland and Zaklady Tytoniowe w Lublinie.
An obvious correlation exists between the highest levels of illegal and non-domestic consumption (e.g. France, UK, Ireland, Poland and Finland) and the highest taxation rates applied to fine-cut toconsbacco, in comparison with cigarettes. The figures clearly show that any alignment of tobacco taxation, regardless of the products’ specificities, will prevent fine-cut tobacco from fulfilling its buffer function, leading to increased illegal trade of cigarettes and driving down government revenues.
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