For the past few years, the French authorities have decided to fight tobacco addiction. The weapon of choice: raise the price of cigarettes to encourage smokers to quit smoking. Starting on March 1, a new cigarette tax will mean packets currently sold at 7.30 Euros will now cost 8.30 Euros. As soon as this new […]En savoir plus
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The French government recently announced plans to raise cigarette prices. A standard pack of cigarettes is expected to cost 10 Euros by 2020. This news does not however seem to be deterring French smokers. Indeed, France is the biggest tobacco consumer in Europe, after Greece, while the price of cigarettes in the country is the third highest […]En savoir plus
For the second consecutive year, France’s Tabac Info Service is organizing the Tobacco Free Month (“Mois Sans Tabac”), inspired by Stoptober in England. The French programincludes a Facebook page, the ability to share photos on Instagram, a newsletter, etc. The campaign is also offering a free application for Android and iOS. The app is presented as a coaching tool to help users stop smoking. […]En savoir plus
The LREM (La République en Marche Party) Representative from the Bouches-du-Rhône (South of France) François-Michel Lambert has detailed a set of 5 measures to fight against tobacco. He plans on defending those ideas as part of the next Budget Bill Project and Financing of Social Security. 1. Forcing cigarette manufacturers to fight against the black […]En savoir plus
While tobacco use seemed to decrease in France, with sales going down by 1.2% in 2016, the latest figures seem to contradict this trend.En savoir plus
Agnès Buzyn, the French Health Minister has just given more details about the price increase of the cigarette pack: it will gradually reach 10 euros within the next 3 years.En savoir plus
Following Prime Minister Edouard Philippe's announcement concerning tobacco price increase, the French journal Libération met with Parisian smokers to better understand their reaction.En savoir plus
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has confirmed that the government will "gradually increase the price of the cigarette pack to 10 euros".En savoir plus
The new French minister for Health, Agnès Buzyn, told the journal le Parisien that she wasn't against an increase of the price of the cigarette pack to 10€. This idea, which is fully backed by the National Anti-Smoking Committee, comes directly from Emmanual Macron's program when he was running for President.En savoir plus
While tobacco use among men is declining, it’s increasing among women. In 1974, 59% of the men and 28% of the women where daily or occasional smokers. In 2014, the rate fell to 39% for men while it went up to 30% for women.En savoir plus
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