Tobacco prices 2021: what prices on December 1?

TOBACCO PRICE. Next month, only certain references at the margin will see their price change.

[Mis à jour le 29 novembre 2021 à 08h59] No big change on the horizon. If the prices of tobacco are not spared by certain monthly evolutions, decided unilaterally by the tobacco manufacturers, only a few references will evolve next month, at the margin, according to thethe latest tobacco price nomenclature published by Customs. The pack of twenty Fortuna Cool cigarettes will drop to 9.70 euros, against 9.90 euros previously. Same story for the JPS Cool packages in twenty units. The Austin Red 100s package, in 20 units, also sees its price drop to 9.60 euros against 9.70 euros previously. Asked by France info on these successive increases and decreases operated by tobacco manufacturers, Professor Bertrand Dautzenberg, pulmonologist and secretary general of Act, Alliance Anti-Tabac, denounced an “attempt at marketing the tobacco industry”. Since coming to power, the President of the Republic has decided to increase prices, to reach the symbolic threshold of ten euros per package of twenty units. Objective displayed, to reduce smoking in France. Each year, he is responsible for the death of 75,000 people in France.

Has the government’s strategy of typing in the wallet paid off? While tax revenues have risen sharply, the results are mixed. Tobacco sales fell only 1.3% last year, according to the French Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT). A result partly attributed to the health crisis. The French have not always been able to go abroad during the successive confinements, not to mention the psychological impact of the crisis, which could have increased the consumption of some. To find out all the details on tobacco prices, in France and abroad, see our dedicated article.

The latest tobacco price hike was applied last November. As a reminder, the government’s objective was to reach the symbolic threshold of ten euros for a pack of twenty cigarettes. However, some brands are not exempt from new price changes. Here, as an indication, some references which saw their price change on November 1, 2021:

• Lucky Strike Ice, in 20 units: 9.7 euros, against 9.8 euros
• Lucky Strike Ice Clair, in 20 units: 9.7 euros, against 9.8 euros
• Austin 1839 blue, in 20 units: 9.7 euros against 9.6 euros
• Mademoiselle Fresh, in 20 units: 9.6 euros, against 9.9 euros.
• Fortuna Classic Red 100s, in 20 units: 10.1 euros against 10 euros
• Fortuna Classic Red, in 20 units: 10.1 euros against 10 euros
• Lucky Strike Green, in 20 units: 9.7 euros, against 9.8 euros
• Lucky Strike Light Green, in 20 units: 9.7 euros, against 9.8 euros
• JPS Classic Black, in 20 units: 10.2 euros against 10.1 euros
• News & Co Classic Red, in 20 units: 10.1 euros against 10 euros
• News Classic Red, in 20 units: 10.2 euros against 10.1 euros

Want to know more. Here are some examples of tobacco prices that apply:

• Marlboro Gold (rigid pack), in 20 units: 10.50 euros
• Marlboro Red (rigid pack), in 20 units: 10.50 euros
• Philip Morris Bleue, in 20 units: 10.20 euros
• Lucky Strike X Series, in 20 units: 9.90 euros
• Dunhill silver, in 20 units: 10.50 euros
• Lucky Strike Blue, in 20 units: 10 euros
• Lucky Strike red, in 20 units: 10 euros
• Peter Stuyvesant blue by Dunhill, in 20 units: 10.50 euros
• Rothmans blue, in 20 units: 10.10 euros
• Vogue L’Essentielle Bleu, in 20 units: 10.50 euros
• Winfield red, in 20 units: 9.90 euros
• Camel Black, in 20 units: 10 euros
• Winston Classic (rigid pack), in 20 units: 10.2 euros
• Chesterfield blue, in 20 units: 10 euros
• L&M Blue, in 20 units: 10 euros
• Lucky Strike red longs (100’s), in 20 units: 9.90 euros
• News Fortuna Rouge 100s, in 20 units: 10 euros

It had also – for certain brands exclusively – undergone a first increase in its prices in January 2020. Some brands have evolved further. Here are the roll-your-own tobacco prices that apply for certain brands:

Among our Spanish neighbors, tobacco prices are lower than in France. It is possible to consult the latest prices in force on the government website, here. As an indication, know for example that on August 24, the price of the package of Marlboro Gold (rigid to twenty units), is 10.50 euros in France is 5.60 euros in Spain. Be careful, however, the El Dorado should not last! The Spanish government recently announced its intention to curb smoking. There is talk of raising the tax on tobacco, which inevitably translates into an increase in the price of the package.

You may not know it, but since January 1, 2020, the neutral package has arrived in Belgium. On January 1, 2021, an increase in tobacco prices was applied to our neighbors. The price of a pack of twenty cigarettes now reaches 7.50 euros, against 6.80 euros previously, which remains cheaper than in France.

This is news that may displease French workers who travel regularly to Luxembourg to buy cigarettes: prices have increased in the Grand Duchy. The government council has indeed validated an increase that was to come into effect on February 1, 2020. The excise price is increased to 12.25 euros for 1,000 euros, against 12 euros at present. As an indication, the price of a pack of 20 cigarettes was 80% cheaper in Luxembourg than in France in 2018.

In Germany, tobacco prices are slightly higher than in Spain. The price of a packet of cigarettes is generally around six euros.

The price of tobacco in Switzerland remains lower than in France. As an indication, the package of Marlboro reaches 8.50 Swiss francs, or 7.70 euros, against more than 9 euros in France today, noted France 3 Bourgogne Franche-Comté last November.

Italy is often considered the El Dorado for smokers. And for good reason, packets of cigarettes are “30 to 50% cheaper”, reported France 3. As an indication, a pack of twenty Lucky Strike Red cigarettes cost 4.80 euros on February 1, 2019, according to a customs document. Italian. In France, it costs more than 8 euros.