12th December 2024 - Europe, France |
France: The country’s caretaker administration presented an emergency finance bill to the parliament to avoid a shutdown after the country’s government and the 2025
5th December 2024 - Europe, France |
France: The proposed new taxes on tobacco products and e-liquids for the upcoming year are unlikely to be implemented following the no-confidence vote
28th November 2024 - Europe, France |
France: A joint committee composed of deputies and senators approved the 2025 Security Budget Bill, which includes an increase in taxes on heated
25th November 2024 - Europe, France |
France: The Senate has approved an amendment to the 2025 Social Security Budget Bill that introduces a tax on nicotine pouches. The excise
6th November 2024 - Europe, France |
France: The National Assembly Finance Committee is discussing amendments to the 2025 Budget Bill to introduce an excise tax on nicotine pouches and increase
30th October 2024 - Europe, France |
France: During an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien, minister of health Geneviève Darrieussecq announced an upcoming ban on nicotine pouches, explaining that
29th October 2024 - Europe, France |
France: On 21st October, the National Assembly began reviewing the revenue section of the 2025 Social Security Budget Bill. Initially set to conclude
25th October 2024 - Europe, France |
France: A group of independent deputies and representatives from the overseas territories has presented an amendment to the 2025 Budget Bill proposing the transfer
25th October 2024 - Europe, France |
France: As Parliament debates the 2025 Finance and Social Security Financing bills, the Alliance Against Tobacco (ACT) issued a call to action, highlighting
21st October 2024 - Europe, France |
France: A group of Les RĂ©publicains senators has proposed a new bill that aims to establish a clear legal framework for nicotine pouches,
18th October 2024 - Europe, France |
France: The association Alliance Against Tobacco (ACT) has taken legal action against the French government to denounce “the insufficient controls and sanctions” for tobacconists who sell
14th October 2024 - Europe, France |
France: The government has presented the Social Security Financing Bill for 2025. For now, no amendments have been proposed to increase the excise
11th October 2024 - Europe, France |
France: In the region of Occitanie, the first events of the “Tobacco-free month” campaign started this week. The 9th edition of this national
4th October 2024 - Europe, France |
France: The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new study led by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that shows
4th October 2024 - Europe, France |
France: The price of cigarettes and rolling tobacco is set to rise again in 2025 and 2026, press reports. France already has the
23rd September 2024 - Europe, France |
France: The new prime minister, Michel Barnier, has released the composition of his government, mostly from Les RĂ©publicains (the conservative-leaning party of the
5th September 2024 - Europe, France |
France: President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Michel Barnier as prime minister. Barnier, 73, is a former European Commissioner and was the chief negotiator
2nd September 2024 - Europe, France |
France: The Health Innovation Agency (AIS) has announced a €170m plan to enhance prevention strategies across several healthcare domains, including tackling addictions. Smoking is the
13th August 2024 - Europe, France |
France: President Emmanuel Macron had declared a “political truce” during the Olympic Games, but negotiations for the appointment of the new prime minister
11th July 2024 - Europe, France |
France: Last week, on 4th July, the French Ministry of Health published its declarations about the transparency of the tobacco industry in 2023.
9th July 2024 - Europe, France |
France: The Regional Health Agency (ARS) of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, which includes Lyon, France’s third-largest city, has unveiled a new regional action plan
8th July 2024 - Europe, France |
France: Following the second round of voting in the legislative elections, the left-wing coalition New Popular Front (NFP) secured 182 seats in the
4th July 2024 - Europe, France |
France: On 25th June, the French subsidiary of Philip Morris was fined €900,000 for illegal advertising of the Iqos heated tobacco device, which
10th June 2024 - Europe, France |
France: President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the National Assembly and called for snap parliamentary elections on 30th June and 7th July after Marine Le
3rd June 2024 - Europe, France |
France: The National Committee Against Smoking (CNCT) has filed a complaint to the public prosecutor against the marketing and sales of nicotine pouches in France,
26th March 2024 - Europe, France |
France: Senator Alexandra Borchio Fontimp from the Republicans group presented a bill that aims to restrict the retail sale of nicotine-containing products to
28th November 2023 - Europe, France |
France: The Ministry of Health has published the new National Tobacco Control Programme 2023-2027, which aims to reduce the country's smoking prevalence to
2nd October 2023 - Europe, France |
France: The Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices published a report on new nicotine products, which uses TobaccoIntelligence data. The
28th September 2023 - Europe, France |
France: The government has introduced to the parliament the 2024 Social Security Financing Bill, which does not propose any increase for heated tobacco
4th September 2023 - Europe, France |
France: Prime minister Élisabeth Borne said that the government is not planning to increase the excise duty on tobacco products for 2024 through
30th May 2023 - Europe, France |
France: A bill to regulate the activities of influencers on social media and electronic platforms, banning any direct or indirect promotion of nicotine-containing products, has
30th May 2023 - Europe, France |
France: Health minister François Braun has once again expressed his intention to raise the excise duty on heated tobacco products through the 2024 Social Security Financing
15th May 2023 - Europe, France |
France: Health minister François Braun has said that he aims to increase heated tobacco excise duty with the 2024 Social Security Financing Bill,
28th February 2023 - Europe, France |
France: From tomorrow, 1st March, heated tobacco sticks will be taxed at €19.30 per 1,000 plus an ad valorem rate of 51.4%. Other forms
13th February 2023 - Europe, France |
France: The National Committee against Smoking (CNCT) has published the results of a study on new nicotine products conducted between 2020 and 2022,
France: The Social Affairs Committee of the National Assembly approved an amendment to the 2023 Social Security Funding Bill that aims to introduce two tax
France: The Senate has approved an amendment to the 2023 Social Security Financing Bill presented by Republican senator Catherine Procaccia which would require the government to
4th November 2022 - Europe, France |
France: The Senate Social Affairs Committee presented an amendment that aims to restore the original version of the tobacco products tax reform in the 2023
25th October 2022 - France |
France: The National Assembly has adopted an amendment presented by the government to the 2023 Social Security Financing Bill which aims to introduce two tax categories for heated
28th September 2022 - Europe, France |
France: The government is implementing its plan to tie the price of tobacco to inflation. The social security financing bill was presented to the
4th August 2022 - Europe, France |
France: A bill laying down emergency measures to mitigate the public effects of inflation and the energy crisis has been approved after just one reading by
28th July 2022 - Europe, France |
France: The Senate should tomorrow discuss a bill laying down emergency measures to mitigate the effects of inflation and the energy crisis on the French
21st June 2022 - Europe, France |
France: Following president Emmanuel Macron’s loss of a majority in the National Assembly, with the left-wing alliance led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon taking 131
13th June 2022 - Europe, France |
France: The results of yesterday’s first round of voting in the National Assembly elections suggest the second round on 19th June will be a close
1st June 2022 - Europe, France |
France: Public Health France has launched a platform called “Employers for Health”, which provides employers with data and tools for smoking prevention and health