Of all the policies carried out during the five-year term, the fight against smoking has been one of the most ambitious.
"We are aiming for a tobacco-free generation
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Emmanuel Macron recalled recently.
From the start, the goal was posted, with a rare frankness, to bring the price of a packet of cigarettes to 10 euros on average, an increase of half over five years.
Bet held in 2020 following a dozen tax increases.
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This is not to question the merits of this strategy, while France has some 75,000 early tobacco-related deaths each year.
We will not enter the endless debate either between the lobby of professionals, including the 11 million smokers, on the one hand, and the public authorities on the other.
The former argue that their addiction allowed the State to recover some 15.6 billion euros in 2020, a historic record, a consequence of the Covid and the confinements which have temporarily stopped the circuits
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