{"id":12603,"date":"2026-03-26T20:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=12603"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:08:05","slug":"price-per-pack-of-cigarettes-tax-margin-and-increase-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=12603","title":{"rendered":"Price per pack of cigarettes: tax, margin and increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"193\"><strong data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"191\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f6ac.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udeac\" \/>\u00a0Smoking in France: Why Cigarettes Are So Expensive in 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"366\">Cigarette prices in France are soaring\u2014packs now cost around\u00a0<strong data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"270\">\u20ac12.50\u2013\u20ac13<\/strong>, and a carton can top\u00a0<strong data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"301\">\u20ac300<\/strong>. Even rolling tobacco is pricey, with 30g pouches nearing \u20ac18.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"588\">Most of the cost?\u00a0<strong data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"396\">Taxes.<\/strong>\u00a0About\u00a0<strong data-start=\"403\" data-end=\"433\">75\u201380% of cigarette prices<\/strong>\u00a0come from government levies aimed at reducing smoking and tackling France\u2019s\u00a0<strong data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"543\">75,000 smoking-related deaths<\/strong>\u00a0annually. Prices also rise with inflation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"688\">Stricter rules limit smoking in\u00a0<strong data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"658\">parks, beaches, and near schools<\/strong>, with fines for violations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"860\">The high prices push some smokers to\u00a0<strong data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"771\">cross-border shopping or illegal markets<\/strong>, showing the challenge of balancing\u00a0<strong data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"857\">public health vs. addiction and affordability<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"973\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f4a1.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udca1\" \/>\u00a0<strong data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"882\">Key takeaway:<\/strong>\u00a0Tobacco costs are more than just money\u2014they\u2019re part of France\u2019s fight for public health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0Smoking in France: Why Cigarettes Are So Expensive in 2026 Cigarette prices in France are soaring\u2014packs now cost around\u00a0\u20ac12.50\u2013\u20ac13, and a carton can top\u00a0\u20ac300. Even <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=12603\" title=\"Price per pack of cigarettes: tax, margin and increase\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12605,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12603\/revisions\/12605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}