EU cigarette prices

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RRP
£ per 20
Tax Burden
£ per 20
Tax Incidence
%
Ireland7.005.5279%
UK6.294.8377%
France4.613.7180%
Sweden4.283.0772%
Netherlands4.163.0473%
Denmark4.103.0775%
Germany4.083.0274%
Belgium3.993.0576%
Finland3.632.8579%
Austria3.302.4173%
Malta3.302.5176%
Italy3.052.2975%
Luxembourg3.032.1270%
Portugal2.882.2879%
Spain2.802.1978%
Greece2.642.2686%
Cyprus2.321.6872%
Slovenia2.061.5676%
Czech2.021.5879%
Slovakia2.001.6683%
Romania1.881.5683%
Lithuania1.821.4077%
Latvia1.771.4481%
Hungary1.751.3879%
Bulgaria1.731.5489%
Estonia1.681.3983%
Poland1.571.3686%

This table shows the price and tax burden of 20 cigarettes in the Most Popular Price Category (MPPC) in each of the 27 Member States – it is not a comparison of the same brand.

The price and tax burden shown is primarily based on information contained in the European Commission’s publication Excise Duty Tables. Part III – Manufactured Tobacco, July 2010 and the exchange rates published in the Financial Times for the 1 July 2010