Every fourth cigarette sold in France is not purchased from a tobacconist. The state has inflated taxes on tobacco so much that it has become simply unaffordable for smokers to buy cigarettes in tobacco shops. However, they did not quit smoking! It’s just that now people buy cigarettes on the black market. The situation also affects the owners of tobacco shops: their owners go bankrupt, unable to withstand the competition.
Current cost of some cigarettes: Marlboro Gold (20 pieces) – 12.50 euros; Winston White €11.50; Vogue l’Optimum Gold 12 euros.
The number of smokers in France has stabilized at around 12 million. Can you imagine how much money the state is missing out on, considering that smokers buy 40% of all cigarettes smoked on the black market!
Smugglers, in turn, react with lightning speed to customer requests: they can purchase menthol cigarettes, which are banned in Europe, and even buy cigarettes individually.
The government is waging a fierce fight once morest the parallel market. But by 2026 it is planned to increase the price of a pack of cigarettes to 13 euros.
Note to tourists: any Parisian cafe has an outdoor terrace where tables are set out. Such street cafes are a Parisian tradition. For Parisians and guests of the capital, a cup of coffee or cappuccino with a cigarette in a street cafe is strongly associated with the spirit of Paris.
But you cannot smoke inside cafes, restaurants, hotels, etc.
You can smoke outside. But try not to throw a cigarette on the asphalt, so as not to litter, but throw away used cigarettes in trash containers.
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2024-04-23 04:57:35
