01947nam a22003257u 4500 pwiiw7413 OSt 20260518120040.0 251013t2025 au ||||| |||| 00| ||eng d OSt eng H24 I18 jelc Kungl, Nóra Romania’s Tobacco Excise Policy in 2025: Missed opportunity ahead of the EU Tobacco Taxation Directive update Wien : Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw), 2025. 24 S., 4 Tables and 7 Figures, 30cm. wiiw Policy Notes and Reports 100 In August 2025, as part of a large fiscal package, Romania announced an increase in tobacco and alcohol excise taxes, news welcomed by proponents of public health. However, the announcement turned into a disappointment for the tobacco control community when the final increase in cigarette excise tax amounted to only 2.25%. This policy note outlines the reform and uses a simulation model to demonstrate the missed opportunity to adopt pro-health tobacco tax policy. By not implementing a 10% increase, as for other excises, the newly adopted schedule not only fails to reduce smoking prevalence but also deprives Romania of an opportunity to collect RON 1.657bn (EUR 326.6m) in additional tax revenues in 2025-2027. Moreover, an accelerated tax roadmap aligning Romania with the proposed EU Tobacco Taxation Directive by 2027 would raise an additional RON 4.73bn (EUR 932m), reduce smoking prevalence by 4%, and avert nearly 50,000 smoking-related premature deaths. Excise Taxation Tobacco Smoking Romania Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Ross, Hana Stefan, George 100 WIIW0000092 wiiw Policy Notes and Reports https://wiiw.ac.at/p-7413.html P 9147 9147 0 0 0 0 BIB BIB 1 2025-10-13 pwiiw7413 0 100 1000010007413 2025-10-13 00:00:00 2025-10-13 P