Germany: Towards a €12 pack of cigarettes by 2030

The German federal government is planning a sharper-than-expected increase in tobacco taxes, according to an internal Finance Ministry document revealed by the German press. This trajectory, which would bring the average price of a pack of cigarettes to close to €12 by 2030, is part of the healthcare reform adopted by the Bundestag in early July. Beyond the German case, this announcement reignites the debate on harmonizing tobacco prices across the European Union, currently being discussed as part of the revision of the Tobacco Tax Directive (TTD), and raises the question of the positioning of countries like Luxembourg, whose pricing policy deviates from this trend.