President signs bill on electronic cigarettes taxes

President Andrzej Duda signed a bill introducing excise tax on electronic and heat-not-burn (HNB) cigarettes. According to new law, the tax rate has been set at PLN 0.5 per 1 milliliter of an electronic cigarette liquid, and PLN 141.29 per kg and 31.41 percent for NHB products. The new rates will come into force in 2019. For this year, the rate has been set at 0 percent. Electronic cigarettes heat up special liquids (usually containing nicotine) which then are inhaled as a vapor. The HNB cigarettes contain tobacco, and employ heating, rather than burning. They're both marketed as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, but these claims have not been supported by medical studies.