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Since 1 January 2003 it is no longer permitted under the amended tobacco laws, to sell<br />
tobacco products to juveniles aged under 16.<br />
• The number of 13 to 15 year olds surveyed who have bought tobacco products<br />
dropped between 1999 <strong>and</strong> 2005 from 26% to 9%, but rose to 10% in 2007 (Kruize<br />
& Bieleman, 2008b).<br />
• Youngsters attempt to purchase tobacco products from four different kinds of retail<br />
outlets: specialist tobacconists, grocery stores, petrol stations <strong>and</strong> cigarette machines.<br />
The trend in purchase attempts is moving away from grocery stores (4%), petrol<br />
stations (5%) <strong>and</strong> cigarette machines (3%), but is increasing among specialist tobacconists.<br />
• The likelihood that a juvenile aged under 16 will succeed in purchasing tobacco<br />
products was at least 90% in 2007, which is the same as in previous survey years.<br />
Nonetheless, 97% of retailers claim that they never sell tobacco to children aged<br />
under 16.<br />
• On the whole, the statutory ban on sales to underage smokers has probably been<br />
effective, as fewer juveniles now smoke <strong>and</strong> non-smokers less frequently purchase<br />
tobacco (Verdonk-Kleinjan, et al. 2008).<br />
On 1 January 2004, an article was added to the Tobacco Act to the effect that employers<br />
are obliged to protect employees from environmental tobacco smoke.<br />
• The percentage of companies that claim to have correctly implemented the smoking<br />
ban rose from 76% to 95% between 2004 <strong>and</strong> 2008 (Intraval, 2009).<br />
• During this period, the percentage of companies that experienced problems in the<br />
introduction of the smoking ban declined from 23% to 12%.<br />
• During the same period, the percentage of companies that experienced problems in<br />
maintaining the smoking ban dropped from 15% to 4%.<br />
Excise duty<br />
• In July 2009, a packet of 19 cigarettes in the most popular price bracket cost 4.60<br />
euro. This converts to 6.05 euro for 25 cigarettes, of which €3.45 is excise tax <strong>and</strong><br />
€0.97 is VAT (table 8.7). A packet of rolling tobacco weighing 50 grams cost €5.50,<br />
of which €2.48 is excise duty <strong>and</strong> €0.88 is VAT.<br />
192 <strong>Netherl<strong>and</strong>s</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Drug</strong> <strong>Monitor</strong> - NDM Annual Report 2009