+70% in 10 years: the price of cigarettes increases again this Monday On May 1st, smokers in France will pay 20 to 70 cents more to buy their favorite cigarettes. As confirmed by the Customs website, the pack of 20 Blue Lucky Strike will cost 40 cents more, ditto for Vogue L'Optimum Gold or Winfield red. An inflation that also affects rolling tobacco, whose 30 g jars now exceed 15 euros. In almost ten years the price of tobacco has increased by 70%. In 2004, a pack of 20 cigarettes cost an average of 5 euros. The symbolic mark of 11 euros has now been reached, making France one of the most expensive countries in the European Union after Ireland. The | Duration: 1:24 [Read more]