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Cigarette prices to rise
Tobacco prices have been raised for the second time in a few weeks in a bid to force manufacturers to raise prices.
Cigarette makers absorbed the last rise in February but health minister Marisol Touraine applied the so-called minimum de perception rate which is intended to stop cigarettes and rolling tobacco being sold as loss-leaders.
The cheapest cigarettes – News, Lucky Strike or Winston – will rise between 10 and 20 centimes but top-selling brands such as Marlboro are unaffected as they are above the minimum price level. In all, 80% of the tobacco price is tax.
