Illustration: Mads D'Alterio Djervig. Originalfoto: Per Folkver, Pexels, Pixabay

About 185,000 young people smoke, and far more are vaping and using smokeless nicotine products than before, a new report shows. Politicians from Konservative to Enhedslisten are calling for significantly higher prices.

Parliamentary candidates want »significantly higher« tobacco prices

Illustration: Mads D'Alterio Djervig. Originalfoto: Per Folkver, Pexels, Pixabay
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A red government or a new centrist government should significantly raise the prices of tobacco and nicotine products after the election.

This is the message from a majority of politicians from all red parties, Moderaterne, Venstre and Konservative in Politiken’s candidate test, including leading ministers and current elected officials.

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