Next January 1 will mark a new stage in the gradual increase in tobacco prices desired by the government. An increase system in accordance with the law approved by Parliament in 2022, which plans to transfer inflation to the price of tobacco. Furthermore, some manufacturers have not only limited themselves to integrating this tax increase into their prices and have taken the opportunity to revise their margin upwards.
To have a clear idea of this price increase, BFM Business offers you an exhaustive list of prices by cigarette brand:
The price of a pack of cigarettes has tripled in the last 20 years, going from four to twelve euros. A strategy that bore fruit from 2016 to 2019, with a drop in daily smoking of between 24 and 29% on average, but which appears to have stagnated since 2019. Within the framework of its anti-smoking plan, the government has also maintained the smoking ban. smoking in new outdoor places, such as beaches, parks and gardens, and around public places, particularly schools.
To date, there are still 12 million smokers in France and smoking causes 66,000 deaths.
Source: BFM TV
