Price of cigarettes: these packs which increase on March 1, 2024

Bad news for smokers: some packs of cigarettes will see their prices rise next March 1streports a decree published on February 9, 2024 in Official newspaper. Some brands like Lucky Strike, Rothmans, Vogue, Pall Malls or Winfield (which belong to British American Tobacco) will suffer an increase of between 50 and 75 cents. The majority of packages now cost 12 euros and even come close to 13 euros. These increases are intended to dissuade the French from smoking. Further increases will occur in 2025 and 2026year during which the price of a pack of cigarettes will reach 13 euros the government indicated. Parliament has decided to change tobacco taxation depending on inflation from the previous year instead of the year before last. Let us recall that the tobacco consumption (cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, rolling tobacco, etc.) is responsible for more than 75,000 deaths per year according to Public Health France. Maya Green Spirit, Camel, Marlboro, Lucky Strike, Winston, Vogue, Dunhill… Here are the current and future prices by brand.

Cigarette prices by brand in March 2024

Today, most packs of cigarettes cost between 10 and 13 euros. In Francethese are tobacco manufacturers (tobacco companies) who set the selling prices of their packs of cigarettes taking into account the evolution of taxes levied by the state (that represent around 80% of the price of a pack of cigarettes). They can pass on the increase in these taxes, which increases the price of the package, or reduce their margins in order to gain market share, which causes the selling price to stagnate or even fall. The prices are then approved jointly by the Ministry of Solidarity and Health and the Ministry of Action and Public Accounts. However, the government can encourage them to increase their prices by raising taxes. On February 13, 2024, French Customs published the prices for packs of cigarettes sold in France as of March 1, 2024.

→ See the full list of cigarette pack prices on the portal of the general directorate of customs and indirect rights.

Which cigarettes increase on March 1, 2024?

Among the cigarettes whose packs increase in March 2024, we find:

• Lucky Strike X Series, in 20 units
• Lucky Strike Blue, in 20 units
• Lucky Strike Green, 20 units
• Rothmans blue, in 20 units
• Vogue L’Optimum Gold, in 20 units
• Winfield red, in 20 units
• JPS Cool, in 20 units
• JPS Stream Bleu 100s, in 20 units
• Fairgreen Virginia green, in 20 units
• Lucky Strike Red by Pall Mall, in 20 units

Which cigarettes drop on March 1, 2024?

Winston Origin Red, in 20 units, Winston Origin Red 100’s, in 20 units and Winston Origin Blue, in 20 units go from 12.00 euros to 11.50 euros. Maya Green Spirit Paper Filter, in 20 units goes from 11 euros to 10.80 euros.

Which brand of cigarettes is the cheapest in France?

The prices of the brands are in a pocket handkerchief but according to the current prices published by French Customs, the cheapest cigarettes in France are (for a pack of 20 cigarettes):

• Maya Green Spirit Paper Filter, in 20 units: 10.80 euros
• White, yellow or red ome, in 20 units: 10.80 euros
• Austin 1839 blue, in 20 units: 10.90 euros
• Che Essential, in 20 units: 10.90 euros
• Miss Laundry, in 20 units: 10.90 euros
• Mademoiselle la bleue U ribellu, in 20 units: 10.50 euros
• The King 100’s Filters, in 20 units: 10.40 euros

Which brand of cigarette is the most expensive in France?

According to the current prices published by French Customs, the most expensive cigarettes in France are (for a pack of 20 cigarettes):

• Dunhill red, in 20 units: 12.80 euros
• Gauloises Brunes Blanc (filter), in 20 units: 13.20 euros
• Gitanes Bleu (filter), in 20 units: 13.60 euros

When will the next tobacco price increases take place in France?

In theory, tobacco prices are reviewed twice a year : March 1st and September 1st. Sometimes in January and May as was the case in 2023.