Objectives
This analysis assesses options to increase tobacco excise[1] to help achieve the objectives of:
- responsibly managing Government's finances to achieve its fiscal strategy goals; and
- achieving the Government's goal of making effectively New Zealand smoke-free by 2025; while
- minimising negative economic and social impacts from a tobacco excise increase.
Notes
- [1]The term "excise" throughout this paper refers to both excise and excise equivalent duties.
