The amount of excise duty on cigars and cigarillos containing tobacco or tobacco substitutes in 2026 is 41%, but not less than 1,595.53 lei per 1,000 pieces. Excise duty on smoking tobacco, tobacco “homogenized” or “reconstituted”; tobacco extracts and essences increased from 210.54 lei/kg to 231.6 lei/kg. Excise duty on thin-cut tobacco for cigarette rolling increased by 10%, from MDL 1,680.7 to MDL 1,848 per 1 kg.
As for the excise duty rate on tobacco sticks, reconstituted tobacco sticks or tobacco substitute sticks for tobacco heating devices, it rose from 1384.55 to 1453.78 lei per 1,000 pieces. Excise duty on cartridges and sticks for electronic cigarettes, including disposable electronic cigarettes, as well as reserve vials containing nicotine for cartridges and electronic cigarettes, jumped by 15% to 3558.68 lei per liter.
Also from this year, tobacco products must be labeled with a new excise stamp design. It is mandatory only for those products that will be produced in the current year.
