Category: Tobacco Products
Europe Tobacco Products
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Hungary Cigarettes
... struggled to stem the fall. Volume sales of cigarettes and fine-cut tobacco began to erode, with some consumers downshifting to cheaper brands (and more often products sourced from illicit trade) due to declining purchasing power ... Read More
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Hungary Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco
... household economic situation. With lower disposable incomes and peak inflation on essential grocery items, individuals were compelled to tighten their budgets wherever possible. This economic pressure contributed significantly to the ongoing reduction in smoking tobacco ... Read More
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Estonia Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco
... growth, compared to 2022, while smoking tobacco saw a stronger decline in retail volume sales. Cigars, albeit from a lower sales base than cigarillos, continued to post the fastest retail volume growth in 2023. This ... Read More
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Hungary Tobacco
... struggled to stem the fall. Volume sales of cigarettes and fine-cut tobacco began to erode, with some consumers downshifting to cheaper brands (and more often products sourced from illicit trade) due to declining purchasing power ... Read More
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Estonia Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco
... the major competitors to regular combustible cigarettes. These product types benefit from a perception of being “less harmful to health” alternatives to regular cigarettes. This has seen growing interest in e-vapour products and latterly heated ... Read More
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Hungary Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco
... tobacco manufacturers had entered the heated tobacco market, with Japan International’s Evo launch in August being the most recent addition. Manufacturers have been extending their brand portfolios with new brands, such as Dunhill (British American ... Read More
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Estonia Cigarettes
... habit. However, the major reason for the fall in demand is strong and growing competition from other types of products in the industry, especially new generation options like heated tobacco and e-vapour products. Euromonitor International's ... Read More
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Estonia Tobacco
... was underpinned by heightened health concerns as well as an increase in excise taxes and high inflationary pressure on energy and transportation costs, making cigarettes more expensive. In this vein, regular cigarettes continued to lose ... Read More
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Croatia Cigarettes
... of the rare EU markets that is seemingly showing resistance to the implementation of the EU TPD. The EU TPD (Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU)) has not reduced smoking prevalence as much as expected. However, in ... Read More
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Croatia Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco
... heated tobacco are on an upward retail volume sales trajectory, predominantly cannibalising the demand for cigarettes. E-vapour products and heated tobacco are perceived as less harmful to health alternatives to cigarettes and their new generation ... Read More
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Croatia Tobacco
... of the review period. However, the growth in retail volume sales of cigarettes in 2023 was not due to domestic consumers, but rather consumption by the higher number of inbound tourists in the post-Coronavirus (COVID-19) ... Read More
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Croatia Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco
... retail volume sales. Previously, cigars were predominantly smoked by high-income and middle-aged consumers. However, during the review period, young adults of legal smoking age in Croatia have shown more of an interest in cigars. While ... Read More
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco
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Bulgaria Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco
... led to higher excise duty on e-liquids and nicotine free liquids, with all vape products now subject to excise duty. Heated tobacco is witnessing growing demand and product innovation, although it faces higher excise tax ... Read More
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Denmark Cigarettes
... as taxation, health and wellness trends and anti-smoking campaigns discourage people from smoking. Cigarettes consumption was also affected as some consumers switched to alternative tobacco products. However, while in Denmark there was a further double-digit ... Read More
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Denmark Tobacco
... consumption continued to be adversely affected by antismoking campaigns and legislation/regulation, including taxation and restrictions on advertising and displays, flavour bans, etc, as well as strong health and wellness trends. The industry continued to see ... Read More
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Tobacco
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Denmark Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco
... period. In this vein, retail volume sales of chewing tobacco and e-vapour products continued to decline in 2023; however, retail volume sales of heated tobacco and, to a greater extent, nicotine pouches continued to see ... Read More
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Bulgaria Tobacco
... remains very popular due to its low price point, especially among older generations in Bulgaria. There was a marginal decline in cigarette volume sales over 2023, due to rising consumer awareness of the harm caused ... Read More
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France Tobacco
... Marlboro Red 20 priced at EUR11.50, Camel Filters 20 at EUR11.00, and Vogue Original at EUR10.90. This hike in prices had a variety of impacts, including the ongoing growth of illicit trade volumes, with a ... Read More
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France Cigarettes
... taxes rose again in 2023, which resulted in a pack of Marlboro Red 20 being priced at EUR11.50, Camel Filters 20 at EUR11.00 and Vogue Original EUR10.90. This has had multiple consequences, including the ongoing ... Read More
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France Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco
... 2023. The number of vapers in France also continued to increase, reaching around 2.7 million users. Apart from the health aspect, the motivation of vapers is above all economic because the price of a pack ... Read More
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The Czech Republic Cigarettes
... high, exerting upward pressure on production and transportation costs and the cost-of-living. For this reason, consumers continued to look for ways to reduce or limit their expenditure. As prices of cigarettes increase, some customers have ... Read More
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Finland Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco
... nicotine pouches in April of the same year. This meant that these products, which used to fall under the scope of the Medicines Act, were now subject to tobacco regulations. As such, nicotine pouches with ... Read More
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Cigarettes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
... attributed to a growing number of health-conscious consumers who either quit smoking or never start. Health reasons aside, significant economic factors are also at play, particularly the continual increases in tobacco product prices due to ... Read More
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