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Thank you for this EXCEPTIONAL year!
New warehouses, reduced delivery charges, prize draws and interviews: the founder of Smoking.fr looks back on 2016 and sends his wishes for the year beginning.
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Christmas wish list, our gift ideas for smokers
Cigar cabinet, watch, small accessories: the Christmas list drawn up by the Smoking.fr team brings together gift ideas to suit a range of budgets.
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The freshly prepared selection for summer
Citronella candles, pocket and free-standing ashtrays, picnic accessories: the summer shop brings together the items chosen by the Smoking.fr team for the season.
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The plain packaging operation is under way
Plain packaging is reaching French tobacconists, and manufacturers may no longer produce traditional packs for France. The two kinds of pack will coexist until 1 January 2017.
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S.T. Dupont marks the new James Bond film, Spectre
S.T. Dupont has designed a PVD palladium lighter pierced right through, echoing the film Spectre. The brand announces a run of 1,963 numbered pieces.
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The new Iron Man collection by S.T. Dupont
Born of a partnership between Marvel and S.T. Dupont, the Iron Man collection brings together a Tony Stark pen, cufflinks, wallets and belts. A look at the range and its maker.
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Plain packaging, narrowly approved by the Assembly
The French National Assembly has voted, by a margin of two votes, to introduce plain packets from May 2016. The objections raised by manufacturers and tobacconists.
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No rise in the price of tobacco in 2016
The French National Assembly has refused to pass on the sharp rise in the price of tobacco planned for 2016. A look back at the amendments that were rejected or withdrawn.
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Dropped cigarette butt, a 68-euro fine in Paris
Since 1 October, dropping a cigarette butt in the street in Paris has carried a 68-euro fine. The reasons for the measure and the facilities put in place by the city.
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The Smoking.fr ten anniversary days
The Smoking.fr shop is eight years old and is marking the occasion with ten days of free delivery, from 22 to 31 July 2015, alongside the summer sales.
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Smoking in playgrounds should be banned this summer
A decree due at the end of June would keep cigarettes out of France’s public playgrounds from the summer. The minister presents it as a common sense measure meant to denormalise the cigarette.
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Express delivery at no cost all year round with Smoking.fr
Smoking.fr has introduced the Pack Premium 1 An, a yearly subscription giving unlimited express delivery, priority handling of orders and an extended cooling-off period.
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S.T. Dupont sells a lighter for €500,000
Commissioned a few months earlier by a Hong Kong billionaire, the former chairman of Merrill Lynch Asia, the stone-set piece entered the Guinness Book of Records at €500,000.
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No rise in cigarette prices in 2015
It was the hot topic of late 2014: would cigarette prices go up the following year? What members of parliament decided on 5 December, and what it changes.
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Plain packaging: in Australia, smokers approve
The plain pack is a standardised cigarette pack, the same for every brand. Introduced in Australia in 2012, it is the subject of a study by Australian researchers.
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Rollceipt, the till receipt that can be rolled
Rollceipt is an unusual idea for the till receipt, with a single slogan: Don’t throw it, roll it. A look at the concept unveiled by the Miami Ad School for Dixie.
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Tobacco: cigarette pack prices to rise on 1 January
The government has announced a further rise in the price of the cigarette pack. It could go up by 30 centimes on 1 January 2015, the fourth increase in just over two years.
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The national anti-tobacco programme: which measures await you?
What does the anti-tobacco programme presented by health minister Marisol Touraine contain? A reminder of the measures that will concern smokers directly.
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The story of Bic, from the ballpoint pen to the lighter
Founded in France in 1945, Bic built its name on the ballpoint pen before diversifying. A look back at the brand and at the lighters that followed the pens.
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Sergo and his pictures drawn in ballpoint pen
Serge Noel, known as Sergo, is a self-taught illustrator whose strikingly lifelike works are drawn with nothing more than a BIC pen and coloured ballpoints.
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Corporate gift ideas, the new trends
Around ten ideas picked out by Smoking.fr for a retirement or a change of career, from the champagne sabre to the engraved Zippo lighter.
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