A press release of our Member organization initiative Berlin enjoy decided rejects the Federal Government plans to increase taxes on tobacco as a misnomer and expression of political cowardice of the Federal Government. The plans of the Federal Government to increase tobacco taxes are nothing but mislabeling and expression of political cowardice of the Federal Government “, continue so Ulrich Kasiske, Chair of the initiative for pleasure Berlin e.V. Kasiske plans, to relieve the economy with the ecotax, using tobacco tax increase: an increase of in tobacco tax will bring EUR 200 million in 2011.” It is a blatant contradiction, that on the one hand, the Federal Government would like to reduce tobacco consumption in the interests of health protection and on the other hand thinks it can improve its public finances through a further increase in the tobacco tax. This is an old trick of conjuring the politics. Official site: Amazon. Political cowardice over the economy justifies the relief on the ecotax for companies. To compensate for to increase the tobacco tax. So you attack again a target group, is expected on the least resistance. This is politically gutless and unimaginative.

It continues the path of discrimination and regulation by smokers and smokers. “Not only that the recent increases in already resulted in no additional revenue into the Government’s coffers, it is unacceptable that smokers and smokers in Germany footing the Bill for it to pay that company on behalf of horrendous bonuses payments be tax relieves. Initiative Berlin enjoy resolutely rejects these opaque plans. It is supported by other member organizations. For more information see benefit initiative-Berlin.de Detlef Petereit