[cogman10]

Just from googling around because I also had this question.

It doesn't look like it's so much a tax issue as it is a labor issue. (Well, it is a tariff issue and tariffs are taxes).

My guess is that they aren't growing enough tobacco to meet local demand which has ultimately kicked up prices.

[echelon_musk]

Who is they reffering to? I doubt any tobacco is grown at a commercial scale Europe.

EDIT: Wikipedia would indicate there is tobacco production within Europe. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/TobaccoY...

[cogman10]

I had to also look that up. I thought this was specifically a Lithuania thing. It looks like it's both Lithuania and EU regulations. I didn't realize Lithuania was an EU member.