2023 French Cigarette Prices to Rise Due to Inflation

Dec.30.2022
2023 French Cigarette Prices to Rise Due to Inflation
French cigarette prices will rise due to inflation in 2023, according to the Prime Minster Elizabeth Borne.

Over the past two years, cigarette prices in France have remained largely stable. However, in 2023, prices are set to increase due to inflation. Earlier, French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne revealed this information in an interview with BFMTV.


Following the approval of a cigarette price hike, according to the French Social Security Financing Act (PLFSS), it is expected that by 2023, the price of each pack of cigarettes in France will increase by 50 euro cents (approximately 3.44 Chinese yuan), and by 35 euro cents (approximately 2.4 Chinese yuan) in 2024, bringing the minimum price per pack to 11 euros (approximately 75.6 Chinese yuan).



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