薩斯喀徹溫新稅制威脅公共健康與小商業




薩斯喀徹溫省6%的電子煙省稅削弱了減害措施,助長非法市場

新電子煙稅危害公共健康

2025年3月31日,渥太華消息——上周,薩斯喀徹溫省政府宣布將於2025年6月1日起取消對電子煙產品的6%省級銷售稅(PST)豁免。作為全國電子煙行業的代表,加拿大電子煙協會(CVA)對此決定深感擔憂,因為該決定是在未與致力於減害的企業和利益相關者進行有意義的諮詢下作出的。

電子煙產品已經面臨過高的稅負,薩斯喀徹溫省的稅率已達20%,此外還包括聯邦消費稅。與可燃香煙——一種導致可預防死亡的主要原因——不同,電子煙被科學認可為成年吸煙者的減害工具。徵收額外稅款忽視了這一重要區別,並可能將成年消費者推回吸煙或轉向不受監管的危險非法市場。

過度徵稅的後果

1. **吸煙復發增加**:當電子煙變得無法承受時,許多成年人會重新開始吸煙——這種習慣每天造成125名加拿大人死亡,並每年帶來110億加元的醫療費用。
2. **非法市場的增長**:高稅收驅使消費者轉向非法賣家,這些賣家不受安全法規的約束,削弱了省和聯邦的減害目標。
3. **對小企業的經濟損害**:專業電子煙零售商在重稅的壓力下已經艱難經營,面臨進一步的壓力,可能導致關閉和失業。

青少年電子煙使用的神話與現實

雖然一些團體通過誇大青少年電子煙使用率來為限制性政策辯護,但加拿大統計局2025年針對兒童和青少年的健康調查顯示,青少年(12-17歲)過去30天的使用率顯著下降,已降至7.2%,而2019年為13.2%。誤導性聲明通常通過包括合法成人(18歲以上)來膨脹統計數據,扭曲了真實情況。

呼籲基於證據的政策

CVA呼籲薩斯喀徹溫省政府:

1. 暫停6% PST的實施,並與行業專家進行緊急諮詢。
2. 將電子煙視為減害工具,而非惡習,並相應調整稅收。我們呼籲薩斯喀徹溫省政府與加拿大衛生部進行諮詢。
3. 通過執法和提高罰款來打擊非法市場,而不是對合法企業施加懲罰性稅收。

CVA總裁Sam Tam表示:“將電子煙課稅如同香煙是一種公共健康失敗。如果政府認真想降低吸煙率,就必須與電子煙行業合作,而不是對抗,以使成年吸煙者遠離致命的煙草。”

CVA邀請政策制定者會面,討論能夠同時保護公共健康和小企業的平衡解決方案。行動的時機就是現在——在更多生命和生計流失之前。

在媒體查詢或安排會議方面,請聯繫:
Sam Tam,加拿大電子煙協會發言人
電子郵件:stam@thecva.org

這篇文章突顯了薩斯喀徹溫省政府在電子煙稅收政策上的決策失誤,並強調了對公共健康的潛在危害。隨著稅負的增加,許多吸煙者可能會因為無法負擔而重新吸煙,這不僅會增加健康風險,還會加劇非法市場的擴張。這一政策的推行,無疑是在削弱減害措施的努力,對於那些努力戒煙的成年人來說,這是一個令人擔憂的信號。

我們需要更全面的政策來平衡公共健康與經濟利益,這不僅是對電子煙行業的支持,也是對社會整體健康的負責任態度。政府應該聆聽專家的意見,並基於科學證據制定政策,而不是僅僅依賴稅收來解決問題。

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