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Tobacco: as on the beaches, smoking is now banned on ski slopes
Since 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.
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Smoking accessories
Top 10 gift ideas for smokers – Christmas 2025
Ten Christmas objects chosen from the smoker’s world: cigar, pipe and shisha accessories and design pieces, each presented with what sets it apart.
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Cigar
Montecristo Elba 2025: a limited edition for the ninetieth anniversary
Montecristo is presenting the Elba Limited Edition 2025, released for the ninetieth anniversary of the brand. Where the name comes from, the stated inspiration and the context of the launch.
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Towards a tobacco-free generation in France: a ban for those born after 2013
The 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.
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Maldives: smoking banned for future generations
In the Maldives, anyone born after 1 January 2007 may no longer buy or use tobacco, tourists included. What this generational ban actually contains.
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Luxury
S.T. Dupont pays tribute to Jules Verne: inside the Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea limited edition
S.T. Dupont dives into the world of Jules Verne with a limited edition inspired by Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, between the flame, the written word and the sea.
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E-cigarette
Ban on the electronic cigarette in French Polynesia: understanding the decision and what is at stake
The Assembly of French Polynesia has voted to ban vaping, coming into force in stages from 2026. The debates, the reasons given and the consequences expected.
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E-cigarette
A new tax on e-liquids in the 2026 budget
The finance bill provides for taxing e-liquids at 30 to 50 centimes per 10 millilitre bottle according to their nicotine content. Reactions from vapers and doctors.
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The Alcome levy: what you pay without knowing on every cigarette filter or tube
Often 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.
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Nicotine: France bans nicotine pouches from March 2026
From 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.
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Pipe
The pipe is back in fashion: a new generation of pipe smokers
Long thought outdated, the pipe is drawing interest from a generation attracted by craftsmanship and objects of tradition. The reasons put forward for this revival.
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Luxury
S.T. Dupont x Franck Muller: the Master Lighter, where two exceptional houses meet
S.T. Dupont and Franck Muller have signed the Master Lighter, a lighter fitted with a visible skeletonised watch movement. How the collaboration came about, and the object in detail.
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Cigar
Gatsby Club: one of the largest cigar lounges in Europe, in a Seine-et-Marne hotel
In Chanteloup-en-Brie, the Hôtel Dali has opened the Gatsby Club, presented as one of the largest cigar lounges in Europe. A look at the venue and at how it has been fitted out.
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E-cigarette
Singapore: vaping is now banned and punishable
Singapore now bans vaping at every level, from import to simple possession, with tougher penalties. What the new framework changes on the ground.
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E-cigarette
Disposable electronic cigarettes are now banned from sale in Geneva
The Geneva Grand Conseil has banned the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes with immediate effect. Geneva becomes the second Swiss canton to do so, after Valais.
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The latest European initiatives on tobacco taxation
Considered 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.
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Cigar
Who was Henri Villiger and what was his influence on the cigar world?
Born in Switzerland in 1930, Henri Villiger ran the family firm Villiger Söhne for decades. His career and the mark he left on the cigar trade in Europe.
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Cigar
Great Wall cigars could arrive in France before long
Founded in 1918 in Sichuan, the Chinese brand Great Wall says it wants to export. What its arrival in France would mean on a market dominated by Cuban cigars.
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E-cigarette
Electronic cigarette liquids will soon be taxed
France is one of the few European Union countries not to tax e-liquids. That exception is ending, either by a national decision or by European harmonisation.
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Tobacco alert: new smoke-free places from the summer of 2025
Beaches, 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.
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Luxury
S.T. Dupont arrives in Ginza, the temple of luxury in Tokyo
S.T. Dupont has opened its first concept store in Tokyo, in the Ginza district. A space designed by the Sybarite studio, whose decor quotes the lighter of 1941.
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