I cigarette prices they are about to increase. Again the Government will deal with excise duties, with the aim of collecting around 200 million euros from the new ban on smoking. The figure in itself is not particularly significant for the state accounts, but under current conditions it still represents an important step towards the 3,4 billion euros that Brussels has forced us to find to correct the 2017 accounts.
For consumers the price of each pack of cigarettes should increase by approx 10-20 cents. A periodic tax to which smokers should be accustomed by now, given that between 2006 and 2016 the prices of cigarettes rose by an average of 25%.
The increase, however, has not yet arrived. Pending the provision (taken for granted) and the subsequent adjustment of the price list by the producers, we summarize below the prices of the most common cigarettes (in alphabetical order), as shown by the State Monopolies tables updated to March 8, 2017. We refer to the hard packs of 20.
- BENSON & HEDGES RED, BLUE AND WHITE 4,40 euros
- CAMEL FILTERS AND BLUE 5 euros
- CHESTERFIELD BLUE KS, SILVER BLUE AND RED 100'S 4,50 euros
- DIANA BLUE KS AND RED KS 4,70 euros
- DUNHILL BLUE AND GOLD 5,20 euros
- GAULOISES BLUE, YELLOW AND RED BLONDES 4,70 euros
- LUCKY STRIKE RED AND BLUE 4,60 euros
- MARLBORO RED, GOLD (LIGHT) AND 100'S 5,40 euros
- MERIT BLUE AND YELLOW 5 euros
- MS RED AND BLONDES 4,70 euros
- MURATTI AMBASSADOR BLUE KS 5,40 euros
- PHILIP MORRIS BLUE AND RED 4,60 euros
- ROTHMANS BLUE AND RED 5,40 euros
- WINTON BLUE AND SILVER 4,60 euros
On the basis of the provisions of the tax delegation, the Ministry of the Economy can change the taxation of the sector every year with maximum ceilings of 5 euros per kilo for the minimum tax burden and 0,5 percentage points for the excise duty proportional to the sale price (today at 58,7%).
