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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office and Europol have dismantled a counterfeit cigarette network active in five countries. Shipping containers and false papers: the method uncovered.
Read moreThe French national committee against smoking criticises Luxembourg for tobacco taxation it considers too low, which feeds cross-border buying. The terms of a European debate.
Read moreCustoms report 547.94 tonnes of smuggled tobacco seized in 2025, up on the previous year. What the review says about the organisation of the parallel market.
Read moreIn the United Kingdom, a ban on cigarette filters has not been voted, but several parliamentary initiatives are putting it on the agenda. Where the matter really stands.
Read moreAn approval order sets the tobacco prices applicable from 1 March 2026. Unchanged references, increases by brand and weighted average price: a reading of the official list.
Read moreTobacco counterfeiting in France no longer stops at trafficking in packs: seven clandestine factories have been dismantled since 2021. Methods, figures and criminal networks.
Read moreThe city of Nice is equipping its tobacconists with an alert button linked to the municipal police. How the system works and the background of assaults behind it.
Read moreUnifab and its partners have launched an information campaign in Paris on counterfeit cigarettes, and on what it says about a traffic that is growing fast.
Read moreEighty-eight organisations from the tobacco sector have written to the European Commission ahead of the review of the directive and of tobacco taxation. Their arguments and the timetable.
Read moreOn 1 January 2026, many products go beyond 13 euros a pack. The aims stated by the authorities, the effect on official sales and the fear of a parallel market.
Read moreThe whole Smoking.fr team thanks its customers for their loyalty throughout the year and wishes them a festive season spent happily with those close to them.
Read moreOn the beach of Grande Anse at Deshaies, gendarmes and customs officers intercepted a speedboat loaded with cartons of cigarettes by night. How an exceptional seizure unfolded.
Read moreSince the June 2025 decree on smoke-free spaces, smoking and vaping have been banned on the pistes and the ski lifts, on pain of a fine of 135 euros.
Read moreThe MP Nicolas Thierry proposes banning the sale of tobacco to people born after 2013. A route written into the public objective of a tobacco-free generation by 2032.
Read moreIn the Maldives, anyone born after 1 January 2007 may no longer buy or use tobacco, tourists included. What this generational ban actually contains.
Read moreOften called a tax, the Alcome contribution is in fact an eco-contribution paid by manufacturers on every filter or tube. How it is calculated, how much it costs and where it goes.
Read moreFrom 1 March 2026, the sale and possession of nicotine pouches will be prohibited in France. What these products are and what the decree published in 2025 provides for.
Read moreConsidered obsolete, the 2011 directive on tobacco taxation is to be revised to cover vaping, nicotine pouches and heated tobacco. The options being examined in Brussels.
Read moreBeaches, parks, school surroundings and bus shelters become smoke-free spaces on 1 July 2025. The list of places, the penalties provided for and the reactions to the measure.
Read moreA KPMG study commissioned by Philip Morris International estimates that almost one cigarette in two smoked in France escapes the tobacconist network. What that figure says.
Read moreParks, public gardens, beaches and sports facilities come under a smoking ban on 1 July 2025. The places covered by the decree and the stated objective, in detail.
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