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UAE vape tax expected to deter new smokers as countries tighten grip on e-cigarettes

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The UAE’s incoming tax on e-cigarette and vape liquids will deter young people from picking up the habit while encouraging current users to reduce their consumption, according to doctors, smokers and retailers. A minimum excise price of Dh1 per millilitre for the liquids will take effect in the UAE on September 1 as part of the country's “sin tax” rules. This means products retailing below that threshold will now be taxed as though they had reached it. From September, a 60ml bottle priced at Dh40 ($10.89) will be taxed as if it costs Dh60 ($16.34), with the existing 100 per cent excise rate applied on top. Using pricing to deter vaping will help show it is not a safe alternative to cigarette smoking, said Dr Rachel Kaminski, a pulmonologist at Saudi German Hospital in Dubai. “The standpoint is a good starting point,” she told The National . “The main groups this will positively influence are young people new to vaping and the lower socioeconomic classes.” A global study carried out in