In the Netherlands, Lidl has stopped selling tobacco products since autumn 2021. Now Denmark is to follow suit.
The sales freeze in Germany would also have a direct impact on the tax authorities. 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. Anyone who smokes will be asked to pay: Since January 2023, ten cents in tax have been added to the price of a box of cigarettes.