Smoking in France is getting more expensive, with a price increase in Cigarettes on 1st March

Smoking: The Pack of Cigarettes will Increase by One Euro on 1st March

As part of its national health strategy, the government increases the price of smoking on the 1st March 2018.  Packet of cigarettes increase by one euro and rolling tobacco by two euros. As announced by the government, the price of a packet of cigarettes will experience a new increase.  It will increase by a euro on average and two euros for […]

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The Price of Cigarettes in France will increase on the 13th November

Smoking: The Rising Price of Cigarettes from 13th November

TOBACCO: This increase is only a first step, a further increase to eventually increase to 10 euro package of the base price of 20 cigarettes by 2020… The rising base cost of the pack of cigarettes will be effective on 13th November, not the 6th November, reported on Friday the Parisian . The “minimum tax” tax imposed by the state […]

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Dunkirk customs have seized 10 tons of smuggled cigarettes

Dunkirk: 10 Tons of Smuggled Cigarettes Seized

The Dunkirk customs officials seized Oct. 4, 10 tons of smuggled cigarettes in a container from Singapore, said to contain … utensils for delivery in Belgium, announced Thursday A total of 51,450 Packets were seized thanks to a dog specialized in tobacco detection, the ministry of Public Accounts in a statement. A judicial investigation was opened. Customs […]

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10 Euros for a packet of cigarettes by 2020 in France

10 euros by the end of 2020, Pack of Cigarettes to Fund the Social Security Budget

MPs voted in committee to increase the price of tobacco under the budget of Social Security, up to 10 euros per pack of cigarettes by the end of 2020. MPs voted on Tuesday in committee the rising price of tobacco under the budget of Social Security, to 10 euros per pack of cigarettes by the end of […]

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Cigarette sales in France have incresed in the first half of 2017

Smoking: Cigarette Sales up 9% in First Half 2017

HEALTH: Between January and July 2017, cigarette sales increased 9.2% despite the introduction of neutral package … Seven months after the arrival of neutral package , imposed by law on the 1st January 2017, cigarette sales have increased according to information published Wednesday by RTL. Sales increased by 9.2% between January and July 2017 after the French customs, confirming […]

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The Minister is not against the idea of ​​wearing a pack of cigarettes to 10 €. | Reuters

The Minister of Health is not against a 10 € Pack of Cigarettes

The price of a pack of cigarettes would be increased to ten euros in France while the ban on Vaping in certain public places will apply as expected in early October, said the Minister of Solidarity and Health in an interview with Le Parisien The price of a pack of cigarettes is currently about seven […]

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Plain Packaging has not affected sales of cigarettes and tobacco in France

Smoking: Four months after neutral packaging, it does not influence smoking

CIGARETTE:  shipments of cigarettes to tobacconists are up 1.4% in Q1 2017 compared to those of the first three months of 2016 … It had to be “the” measure to reduce smoking . But neutral packages, whose presence on the shelves of newsagents has been mandatory since the 1st January 2017, did not produce the […]

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35000 cigarettes seized by Gendarmes

North: 35.000 Packs of Cigarettes Seized by Gendarmes

At the Waterfront village of Wargnies-le-Grand, a resident alerted police to the presence of a suspicious van in the village … The waterfront has had a flair! It is an inhabitant of the town that allowed Gendarmes of Quesnoy to make a big seizure of cigarettes . Thursday, 23rd March, a resident of Wargnies-le-Grand in […]

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