The truth is brutal: every cigarette pack in France is a battlefield. Smokers feel punished, tobacconists feel trapped, and the state quietly tightens the fiscal noose. Prices have quadrupled in two decades, but where does each euro really go? Who decides the price, who profits, and who pays the highest cost in this silent, smoky wa… Continues… Behind every pack sold in France lies a tightly controlled system where “free market” barely exists. Manufacturers propose prices, but the state has the final word, validating each cent through the customs and indirect taxes authority. Once approved, the price becomes law: every...
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