For the third year in a row, cigarette sales fell.
After -6.6% in 2019 and -1.3% in 2020, they fell by 6.5%, according to Les Échos.
That is 33.5 billion cigarettes delivered to tobacconists against 35.8 billion in 2020. And this, although there is no tax increase in 2021. A first since 2017. The last tax increase dates back to November 2020.
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It was in 2017 that the government launched a program to gradually increase the price of a packet of cigarettes to 10 euros.
During these 5 years, sales of cigarettes fell by 24.5%, those of roll-your-own tobacco by 17.5% and by 20% for cigars and cigarillos, according to
Les Échos
.
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In Social Security's 2022 draft budget, the government recorded $ 14.2 billion in tobacco rights revenue for 2021, down $ 200 million due to the end of the price hike program and the resumption of sales. cross-border.
For 2022, they would drop to 13.7 billion.
