Tobacco: Buralists Gathered Near the Senate to Demand a "Moratorium" on Prices

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Since 2017, French smokers have seen their tobacco budgets fly away. With every law of finance, the price of the package increases, supposed to discourage consumption. However, according to the professionals of the sector, this strategy turns empty: legal sales are shrinking, smuggling is exploding, and the buralists are blowing up. Gathering this week in Paris, near the Senate, the representatives of the profession have sounded the alarm. They …

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Dozens of buralists are gathered this Monday near the Senate in Paris, before the examination of the draft law of finance of the Social Security, to demand a "moratorium" on the rise of tobacco prices, responsible according to them for the increase of smuggling and counterfeiting.