In 2022, the overall market for tobacco displayed its strongest value decline over the last decade. 2021 was the calm before the coming tempest, and 2022 witnessed a combination of negative factors. Firstly, borders were totally open which enabled a new upturn of transborder purchases of traditional tobacco from Belgium, Italy and Spain, without counting the recovery of duty free sales. Then, taxation, which was frozen in 2020, 2021 and before the presidential elections of 2022, witnessed a grad...
Euromonitor International's Tobacco in France report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2018-2022, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be the new legislative, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2027 illustrate how the market is set to change.
Product coverage: Cigarettes, Cigarettes (Illicit+Legal), Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco, Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco.
Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
Why buy this report? * Get a detailed picture of the Tobacco market; * Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change; * Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands; * Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.
Tobacco in France
Euromonitor International
June 2023
List Of Contents And Tables
TOBACCO IN FRANCE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Tobacco in 2022: The big picture
2022 key trends
Competitive landscape
Retailing developments
What next for tobacco?
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
Legislation
Legislative overview
Summary 1 Legislation Summary at a Glance
Minimum legal smoking age
Smoking prevalence
Plain packaging
Point-of-sale display bans
Flavoured tobacco product ban
Vapour products
PRODUCTION/IMPORTS/EXPORTS
MARKET INDICATORS
Table 1 Number of Adult Smokers by Gender 2017-2022
MARKET DATA
Table 2 Sales of Tobacco by Category: Volume 2017-2022
Table 3 Sales of Tobacco by Category: Value 2017-2022
Table 4 Sales of Tobacco by Category: % Volume Growth 2017-2022
Table 5 Sales of Tobacco by Category: % Value Growth 2017-2022
Table 6 Forecast Sales of Tobacco by Category: Volume 2022-2027
Table 7 Forecast Sales of Tobacco by Category: Value 2022-2027
Table 8 Forecast Sales of Tobacco by Category: % Volume Growth 2022-2027
Table 9 Forecast Sales of Tobacco by Category: % Value Growth 2022-2027
DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
Summary 2 Research Sources
CIGARETTES IN FRANCE
KEY DATA FINDINGS
2022 DEVELOPMENTS
Another strong drop in value despite still limited price increases
The fresh/ice segment circumvents the banning of menthol-flavoured cigarettes
Philip Morris France still the absolute leader but yields ground to its main challenger, JT International France SAS
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Stronger taxes to drive further drop in sales of cigarettes in the short term
Further explosion of illicit trade in France
Uncertain whether the migration to other products will continue
TAXATION AND PRICING
Taxation rates
Table 10 Taxation and Duty Levies 2017-2022
Average cigarette pack price breakdown
Summary 3 Average Cigarette Pack Price Breakdown: Brand Examples
CATEGORY DATA
Table 11 Sales of Cigarettes: Volume 2017-2022
Table 12 Sales of Cigarettes by Category: Value 2017-2022
Table 13 Sales of Cigarettes: % Volume Growth 2017-2022
Table 14 Sales of Cigarettes by Category: % Value Growth 2017-2022
Table 15 Sales of Cigarettes by Blend: % Volume 2017-2022
Table 16 Sales of Cigarettes by Standard/Menthol/Capsule: % Volume 2017-2022
Table 17 Sales of Cigarettes by Regular/Slim/Superslim/Microslim: % Volume 2017-2022
Table 18 Sales of Cigarettes by Pack Size: % Volume 2017-2022
Table 19 Sales of Cigarettes by Price Band: % Volume 2017-2022
Table 20 NBO Company Shares of Cigarettes: % Volume 2018-2022
Table 21 LBN Brand Shares of Cigarettes: % Volume 2019-2022
Table 22 Sales of Cigarettes by Distribution Format: % Volume 2017-2022
Table 23 Illicit Trade Estimate of Cigarettes: Volume 2017-2022
Table 24 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes: Volume 2022-2027
Table 25 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Category: Value 2022-2027
Table 26 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes: % Volume Growth 2022-2027
Table 27 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Category: % Value Growth 2022-2027
Table 28 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Blend: % Volume 2022-2027
Table 29 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Standard/Menthol/Capsule: % Volume 2022-2027
Table 30 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Regular/Slim/Superslim/Microslim: % Volume 2022-2027
Table 31 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Pack Size: % Volume 2022-2027
Table 32 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Price Band: % Volume 2022-2027
SMOKELESS TOBACCO, E-VAPOUR PRODUCTS AND HEATED TOBACCO IN FRANCE
KEY DATA FINDINGS
2022 DEVELOPMENTS
Sales of smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco speed up, with disparate results
Significant impetus provided by closed system single use and nicotine pouches
Brands present in tobacconists and e-commerce score points, more than in specialist outlets
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Contradictory signals for the future of smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco
Who will win between specialist stores and e-commerce?
The clock is ticking for heated tobacco and puffs, but not for nicotine pouches at first sight
CATEGORY INDICATORS
Table 33 Number of Adult Vapers 2017-2022
CATEGORY DATA
Table 34 Sales of Tobacco Heating Devices: Volume 2017-2022
Table 62 Forecast Sales of Tobacco Free Oral Nicotine by Category: Value 2022-2027
Table 63 Forecast Sales of Tobacco Free Oral Nicotine by Category: % Value Growth 2022-2027
Table 64 Forecast Sales of Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco by Category: Value 2022-2027
Table 65 Forecast Sales of Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco by Category: % Value Growth 2022-2027
CIGARS, CIGARILLOS AND SMOKING TOBACCO IN FRANCE
KEY DATA FINDINGS
2022 DEVELOPMENTS
Category suddenly takes a backseat due to the collapse of fine cut tobacco
Ongoing breakthrough of blond cigarillos driven by Signature
Scandinavian Tobacco Groupe France pays for the decline of cigarillos, while Traditab SA and Landewyck Tobacco SA do relatively well in fine cut tobacco
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
No more respite for cigars, cigarillos and smoking tobacco
Handmade Cuban cigars to become too expensive and exposed to competition from other countries
Explosion of constraints on fine cut tobacco and shisha
CATEGORY DATA
Table 66 Sales of Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco by Category: Volume 2017-2022
Table 67 Sales of Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco by Category: Value 2017-2022
Table 68 Sales of Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco by Category: % Volume Growth 2017-2022
Table 69 Sales of Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco by Category: % Value Growth 2017-2022
Table 70 Sales of Cigars by Size: % Volume 2017-2022
Table 71 Sales of Cigarillos by Price Platform 2017-2022
Table 72 NBO Company Shares of Cigars and Cigarillos: % Volume 2018-2022
Table 73 LBN Brand Shares of Cigars and Cigarillos: % Volume 2019-2022
Table 74 NBO Company Shares of Cigars: % Volume 2018-2022
Table 75 LBN Brand Shares of Cigars: % Volume 2019-2022
Table 76 NBO Company Shares of Cigarillos: % Volume 2018-2022
Table 77 LBN Brand Shares of Cigarillos: % Volume 2019-2022
Table 78 NBO Company Shares of Smoking Tobacco: % Volume 2018-2022