Lidl has announced a sales stop in Germany's neighboring country of Denmark. The first tobacco-free store will be opened in Hjørring, and all other new stores will not sell tobacco from the start.
The sales stop is intended to set an example for other countries. The tobacco tax is one of the fattest tax sources of the federal government and ranks third after the energy tax and the solidarity surcharge. In the first quarter of this year, Germany took in around 2.8 billion euros.