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Smoking while driving: a French bill seeks a ban
Bill no. 3150, tabled on 15 September 2026, would prohibit the driver from smoking at the wheel. Unless a minor is present, smoking while driving is not yet banned.
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NEWS FROM THE SMOKING COMMUNITY
The News section keeps you up to date with what happens in this community. You will find the brands that appear, the offers they make, and what each of them is worth. The tobacco trade changes regularly, in ways both good and bad, and this is where you can follow those changes on any subject related to tobacco and to the shops that sell it. The section brings together the information likely to matter to readers, so that the shifts under way are known before they arrive.
Read it to find the announcements and opportunities open to you, the new outlets, and the laws and regulations that come into force.
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Banned puffs: 10,000 products withdrawn after DGCCRF inspections
DGCCRF officers inspected 491 establishments after the ban on disposable puffs. Close to 10,000 disposable vapes were withdrawn, and seven criminal proceedings are under way.
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Cigarette breaks at work: equal treatment for smokers and non-smokers?
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.
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Cigarette prices in Europe in 2026: comparing the countries that border France
On 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.
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Rock en Seine 2026: cigarettes and e-cigarettes banned at the festival
From 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.
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Banned puffs, still easy to find: why the parallel market persists
Banned from sale since February 2025, puffs still circulate through social media and informal resellers. A look at how the parallel market works.
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Towards a tobacco-free generation? A new proposal could change how cigarettes are sold
France’s health insurance fund suggests permanently barring tobacco sales to people born after 2009, following the British model. A proposal still facing political debate.
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Tobacco prices on 1 September 2026: which cigarette packs go up or down?
An 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.
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Forest fires: cigarette butts at the heart of tighter rules across Europe
Higher fines, bans on beaches and terraces: several European countries are tightening their rules to limit the fires started by cigarette butts.
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Near Lille, a large counterfeit cigarette network falls after months of trafficking
A large counterfeit cigarette network supplied from Belgium has been dismantled near Lille. Investigators point to 120 convoys and about 12 million euros in goods.
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Cigarette butts thrown from car windows: why the habit persists
A 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.
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Belgium: an illegal cigarette factory dismantled in Hainaut
A large clandestine cigarette factory has been uncovered in Belgium. A look at the operation and at the worrying growth of tobacco trafficking in Europe.
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Europe: are alternatives to the cigarette about to be more tightly regulated?
Taxation, 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.
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British American Tobacco speeds up its transformation with thousands of job cuts
Faced with the decline of the conventional cigarette market, British American Tobacco is launching a worldwide restructuring involving several thousand job cuts.
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Poland: towards the end of puffs and flavoured nicotine pouches?
The 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.
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Snapchat in the sights of tobacconists: tobacco trafficking goes digital
French tobacconists accuse Snapchat of letting advertisements for smuggled cigarettes prosper. A case that sheds light on the parallel tobacco trade online.
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Cigarettes down, vaping up: the new habit in France
Cigarette sales are falling in French tobacconists while vaping keeps growing. What this shift in habits says about the place of nicotine in France.
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Philip Morris convicted of unlawful advertising: heated tobacco under pressure in France
The 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.
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Calanques Propres 2026: a record turnout against cigarette butts
From Marseille to La Ciotat, the 23rd Calanques Propres brought together volunteers, associations and local authorities to collect and analyse coastal waste, butts included.
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Netflix penalised for tobacco promotion: a decision that reopens the debate
A trailer showing cigarette brands has earned Netflix a fine of 250,000 euros. The ruling is a reminder that the Évin Act also applies to content published online.
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Cigarette breaks at work: costly myth or exaggerated reality?
Cigarette breaks are said to cost French companies 5 billion euros a year. Where that yearly figure comes from, and what its method of calculation leaves out.
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