{"id":67338,"date":"2026-03-10T01:55:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=67338"},"modified":"2026-03-10T01:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:55:18","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8%f0%9f%98%b1bad-news-for-smokers-from-march-1-2026-you-will-no-longer-be-able-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=67338","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\ude31Bad news for smokers: From March 1. 2026, you will no longer be able to buy\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Price per pack of cigarettes: tax, margin and increase<\/p>\n<p>Tobacco in France has quietly crossed a line. Packs once bought without thinking now devour a day\u2019s budget. Smokers feel trapped, politicians talk of health, and the customs office signs off on every cent. Cartons soar past \u20ac300, while nearby countries sell the same brands for half. Smuggling grows, bans tighten, and the next tax hike is alrea\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div id=\"story-veterans.com_responsive_1\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23201474937\/story-veterans.com\/story-veterans.com_responsive_1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Behind every pack sold in France lies a deliberate political choice. Manufacturers propose prices, but the state, through customs and taxation, decides how painful each cigarette will be. Around 75\u201380% of the price is tax, leaving only modest margins for producers and tobacconists, and ensuring a pack now averages \u20ac12.50\u2013\u20ac13 in 2026. Rolling tobacco, once the refuge of budget smokers, has followed the same steep curve, with 30-gram pouches approaching \u20ac18.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1826620\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This relentless rise is no accident. Linked to inflation since 2023, tobacco taxes climb automatically, justified by 75,000 smoking-related deaths every year. France is turning the screw: public smoking bans now extend to parks, beaches and school areas, backed by fines for lighting up or even dropping a butt. Yet cheaper packs just across the border fuel cross\u2011border runs and smuggling, exposing the stark tension between public health ambitions and the everyday reality of addiction and inequality.<strong>READ MORE BELOW..<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Price per pack of cigarettes: tax, margin and increase Tobacco in France has quietly crossed a line. 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