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French labour law does not provide for a cigarette break. Beyond six hours, every employee is entitled to 20 consecutive minutes. The gap observed comes mainly from workplace practice.
Read moreTo mark 85 years since its first lighter (1941), S.T. Dupont releases two orange-lacquer Ligne 2 models, limited to 1,941 pieces each, in gold or palladium finishes.
Read moreThe 47th French Pipe Smoking Championship takes place on 12 September 2026 in Morez, for the club’s 50th anniversary. The official pipe is a Chapuis-Comoy; the blend combines Virginia, Kentucky and Latakia.
Read moreLaunched in August 2026, Cigarino logs a humidor and tasting notes on iPhone and Android. The free version covers up to 10 different cigars; Premium lifts the limit and adds statistics.
Read moreOn 2 September 2026, a pack of Marlboro Red costs 13.50 € in France, 6.25 € in Spain and 6.80 € in Italy. Customs rules differ at each border.
Read moreFrom 26 to 30 August 2026, Rock en Seine banned cigarettes and e-cigarettes at the Domaine de Saint-Cloud. The measure rests on the 2025 decree on public parks and on the fire risk.
Read moreBanned from sale since February 2025, puffs still circulate through social media and informal resellers. A look at how the parallel market works.
Read moreFrance’s health insurance fund suggests permanently barring tobacco sales to people born after 2009, following the British model. A proposal still facing political debate.
Read moreAn order of 5 August 2026 sets tobacco prices from 1 September. Few changes: Luckies drops to 11.20 €, a handful of packs rise by 10 cents, and the major brands hold their level.
Read moreHigher fines, bans on beaches and terraces: several European countries are tightening their rules to limit the fires started by cigarette butts.
Read moreA large counterfeit cigarette network supplied from Belgium has been dismantled near Lille. Investigators point to 120 convoys and about 12 million euros in goods.
Read moreA recent survey finds that 18% of drivers who smoke still throw their cigarette butts out of the window, with heavy consequences for the environment, for safety and for fire risk.
Read moreShould France tax the electronic cigarette? Between public health, tobacco control and tax revenue, the debate on vaping taxation divides experts and politicians.
Read moreA large clandestine cigarette factory has been uncovered in Belgium. A look at the operation and at the worrying growth of tobacco trafficking in Europe.
Read moreTaxation, flavours, sales rules: the European Union is weighing how to regulate products that some present as harm reduction tools, and that a growing number of consumers use.
Read moreFaced with the decline of the conventional cigarette market, British American Tobacco is launching a worldwide restructuring involving several thousand job cuts.
Read moreThe Polish government wants to ban puffs and remove the flavours from nicotine pouches. A further tightening of the rules whose consequences the sector already fears.
Read moreFrench tobacconists accuse Snapchat of letting advertisements for smuggled cigarettes prosper. A case that sheds light on the parallel tobacco trade online.
Read moreCigarette sales are falling in French tobacconists while vaping keeps growing. What this shift in habits says about the place of nicotine in France.
Read moreThe criminal court in Paris has fined Philip Morris France 500,000 euros for unlawful advertising around IQOS and VEEV. What the ruling changes for manufacturers.
Read moreBelgium plans to ban flavours in electronic cigarettes from September 2028, with the exception of tobacco taste. A decision that could inspire other European countries.
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