And happy New Year ! The prices of packets of cigarettes are expected to increase again on January 1, 2024, an increase resulting from inflation which should be 40 to 50 cents, according to estimates from the Confederation of Tobacconists.
The tobacconists, who were to be received on Monday at the Ministry of Health, on the eve of the presentation by the government of its new national plan to combat smoking, expect an increase in the price “of maximum 50 cents on January 1 », They clarified, confirming information from Les Echos.
This new increase in pack prices was calculated on the basis of the expected increase in inflation, in accordance with the desire of the executive to pass this on to tobacco, and as voted in Parliament in 2022.
Taxation on tobacco is not affected, Élisabeth Borne having ruled out such an increase in 2024 in September. The Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau must present the 2023-2027 national control plan on Tuesday morning, while tobacco remains the first cause of avoidable mortality in France, with 75,000 deaths per year.