A "Historically Low Level": the Sale of Tobacco Falls, the Government Wants to Accelerate the Trend

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In its annual review, the Observatoire Français des Drugs et des Trends Addictives (OFDT), highlights a historical decline in smoking in the country between 2023 and 2024. A trend that the French government wants to reinforce by introducing new regulations on cigarettes.

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This decline, which has continued for several years (–7 per cent on average between 2017 and 2024), is now uniform in the territory, reveals the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addictive Trends in its annual review, published on Friday.

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This decline in sales "is accompanied by a continuous decrease in smoking", which is at a "historically low level".

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In its annual report published on Friday 30 May, the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addictive Trends reveals that tobacco sales fell by more than 11% last year in France. The Observatory details a decrease of 12.3% in cigarette sales and 13.2% in rolling tobacco. - Tobacco sales fell by 11.5% last year in France (Health and well-being).

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According to figures from the Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addictive Trends, French people bought fewer cigarettes in 2024 than in 2023.

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According to figures released on Friday by the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addictive Trends (OFDT), the sale of cigarettes and rolling tobacco continues to decline. A movement that has begun for several years, as confirmed by data from 2024.