“The price of a packet of cigarettes should be increased by one euro, once or twice a year,” argues the Alliance Against Tobacco

The president of the Alliance Against Tobacco and professor of public health, interviewed on France Culture, accuses the various “budget ministers” of having “decreed moratoriums on the price on a regular basis”.

“The price of a pack of cigarettes should be increased by around one euro, once or twice a year.“, in order to be able to have a real “impact on the drop in consumption“, said Friday November 1 at the microphone of France Culture Loïc Josseran, president of the Alliance against tobacco and professor of public health.

As the public authorities’ Tobacco-Free Month operation begins, Loïc Josseran points the finger “the pricing policy“currently in force. For this public health professor, the latest increases”are there to recover inflation“, and are therefore “completely inefficient in terms of consumption“.

The president of the Alliance Against Tobacco accuses the different “Minister you Budget“to have”decreed moratoriums on the price on a regular basis“, and in particular Laurent Saint-Martin who promised in mid-October that the government was not planning an additional increase next year. “The ink on his appointment was not yet dry when he was already announcing a moratorium on the price of tobacco“, laments Loïc Josseran. He also denounces “the tobacco industry lobby, starting with that of tobacconists, [qui] opposes any price increase“.

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