In an interview with RTL, Professor Gérard Dubois, Honorary President of Alliance contre le tabac, analyzes the latest figures on tobacco sales.
A NEUTRAL PACKAGE THAT IS NOT EFFECTIVE AGAINST SMOKING
Is the neutral package, with its sometimes shocking images, really effective? No, if we are to believe the recent figures provided by French customs. Cigarette shipments to tobacconists in the first quarter were 1,4% higher compared to the same period last year. But on the Ministry of Health side, there is a drop in sales figures. Difficult to navigate and yet these two figures are true according to the professor Gérard Dubois, Honorary President of Alliance contre le tabac.
« When you look at the gross cigarette sales for at least March, they increased 4,5%. From January to March (in the first quarter) they increased by 1,4%. But when we compare to the previous year, we must compare on the same number of delivery days“, He explains. If we look at the same number of delivery days, we realize that " sales fell slightly in March and fell by 1,7% in the first quarter"
Gérard Dubois highlights the success of the decline in rolling tobacco pack sales. " With a constant number of delivery days, it fell by 6,6%, but it was he who was the most increased in price, especially in February". He also specifies that “ Tobacco Info Service calls increased by 50% in March"
