{"id":14950,"date":"2026-03-13T13:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=14950"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:34:18","slug":"price-per-pack-of-cigarettes-tax-margin-and-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=14950","title":{"rendered":"Price per pack of cigarettes: tax, margin and increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"153\">\ud83d\udeac <strong data-start=\"106\" data-end=\"153\">Cigarette Prices in France Hit Record Highs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"438\">Smoking in <strong data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"176\">France<\/strong> is becoming increasingly expensive. In 2026, a pack of cigarettes costs around <strong data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"270\">\u20ac12.50\u2013\u20ac13<\/strong>, while a full carton can exceed <strong data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"311\">\u20ac300<\/strong>. With prices far cheaper in neighboring countries, many smokers are turning to <strong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"437\">cross-border purchases and illegal markets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"687\">About <strong data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"497\">75\u201380% of the price comes from government taxes<\/strong>, part of France\u2019s strategy to reduce smoking and address the <strong data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"602\">75,000 smoking-related deaths each year<\/strong>. Even rolling tobacco, once a cheaper option, now costs nearly <strong data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"686\">\u20ac18 for 30 grams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"807\">At the same time, smoking bans are expanding to <strong data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"779\">parks, beaches, and areas near schools<\/strong>, with fines for violations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"809\" data-end=\"895\">\u26a0\ufe0f The debate continues: <strong data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"894\">public health vs. rising costs and growing black markets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \ud83d\udeac Cigarette Prices in France Hit Record Highs Smoking in France is becoming increasingly expensive. In 2026, a pack of cigarettes costs around \u20ac12.50\u2013\u20ac13, while a full carton can exceed \u20ac300. With prices far cheaper in neighboring countries, many smokers are turning to cross-border purchases and illegal markets. About 75\u201380% of the price comes &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14952,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14950\/revisions\/14952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}