The Minister of Health pleaded on Sunday for the price of the pack of cigarettes to increase substantially. When? " As soon as possible.«
The Minister of Health Marisol Touraine wish " a strong and significant increase »Of the price of tobacco before the end of the five-year term, she said on Sunday during the show The Grand Jury on RTL / Le Figaro / LCI. When asked about the amount of this increase, the minister replied:
" As soon as possible. "
« The price of tobacco is a public health issue and we know it works. We must proceed in stages: first the neutral package“, Package without logo which must be put in place on May 20, then an increase, she estimated.
Last increase in January 2014
Asked about the possibility of a neutral package sold at 10 euros, she answered: " yes of course, as soon as possible", Specifying however:" it is not at the horizon of this five-year period that the pack of cigarettes will be at 10 euros"
The deputies rejected in October any increase in tobacco prices, following the will of the government that did not want to jeopardize the neutral package, already fought by tobacconists. The last rise in the price of cigarettes goes back to January 2014. It brought the price of the cheapest package to 6,50 euros, and that of the most expensive, for the best-selling brand, to 7 euros.
Source : Bfmtv.com
