PUBLISHER: Euromonitor International | PRODUCT CODE: 2107231
PUBLISHER: Euromonitor International | PRODUCT CODE: 2107231
Nicotine in France
Nicotine in France experienced a contraction in 2025, most notably in cigarette volumes, reflecting heightened fiscal pressure, regulatory shifts and evolving consumer preferences, while neighbouring countries saw less severe declines. The environment is characterised by diminishing returns in traditional high-risk products, intensifying competition from lower-priced and alternative options, and an expanding illicit trade as consumers seek affordability amid frequent tax hikes and new bans. E-va...
Euromonitor International's Nicotine in France report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2021-2025, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be the new legislative, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2030 illustrate how the market is set to change.
Product coverage: Cigarettes, Cigarettes (Illicit+Legal), Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco, E-Vapour Consumables (Illicit+Legal), Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco.
Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
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- Get a detailed picture of the Nicotine market;
- Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
- Understand the competitive environment, the market's major players and leading brands;
- Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
List Of Contents And Tables
Executive Summary
2025 Developments
Key Data Insights
Key Industry Trends
CHART 1 Key Industry Trends for Nicotine
Industry Performance
Tax-Driven Price Rises Accelerate Volume Decline across Cigarettes
Alternative Formats See Growth as Regulatory Change Reshapes the Smokeless Category
CHART 2 Volume Sales 2020-2030
CHART 3 Volume Sales by Category 2025
What's Next?
Closed System Vaping Innovators to Shift Focus as Tax Hikes Intensify
CHART 4 Analyst Insight for Nicotine
Taxation and Bans to Drive Consumers to Illicit and Lower-Risk Options
CHART 5 Forecast Volume Sales 2020-2030
CHART 6 Forecast Volume Sales by Category 2025-2030
Competitive Landscape
Jt International and Philip Morris France Sustain Leadership as Niche Players Accelerate Growth
CHART 7 Company Shares 2025
CHART 8 Brand Shares 2025
Channels
Buralistes Adapt to Declining Margins by Expanding Product Mix
Le Petit Vapoteur Accelerates E-Vapour E-Commerce with Value and Variety
Products
Eco-Consciousness, Provenance, and Value Reshape the Innovation Agenda
Recent Launches Illustrate the Breadth of Innovation across Categories
Innovation Realigns Portfolios, Margins, and Channel Strategies
Operating Environment
Legislation
CHART 9 Legislation Summary at a Glance
Minimum Legal Smoking Age
Smoking Prevalence
Plain Packaging
Point-Of-Sale Display Bans
Flavoured Tobacco Product Ban
Vapour Products
Production/Imports/Exports
Economic Context
CHART 10 Economic Context for Nicotine
CHART 11 Real Gdp Growth 2020-2030
CHART 12 Inflation 2020-2030
Consumer Context
CHART 13 Consumer Context for Nicotine
CHART 14 Population 2020-2030
CHART 15 Population by Generation 2025
Country Reports Disclaimer
CIGARETTES IN FRANCE
- Key Data Insights
- 2025 Developments
- Cigarettes Summary
- Industry Performance
- Von Eicken France Sa Accelerates Price War as Affordability Trumps Loyalty
- Poeschl Tobacco France Differentiates with Eco-Friendly Value at Economy Pricing
- Illicit Supply Channels Expand as Price and Tax Pressures Intensify
- CHART 16 Volume Sales 2020-2030
- What's Next?
- Price Fighters to Reshape the Landscape as Manufacturers Chase Affordability
- Illicit Sales to Surge as Counterfeiting and Smuggling Normalise among Consumers
- CHART 17 Forecast Volume Sales 2020-2030
Competitive Landscape
- Philip Morris Loses Share as Jt International Narrows the Gap
- CHART 18 Company Shares 2025
- CHART 19 Brand Shares 2025
- Channels
- Tobacco Specialists Lose Share as Forecourt Retailers Accelerate
- Legal Barriers Keep E-Commerce Absent From Cigarette Sales
- CHART 20 Retail Channels 2020-2025
- Taxation and Pricing
- Taxation Rates
- Average Cigarette Pack Price Breakdown
- CHART 21 Cigarette Price Band Definitions
- Economic Context
- CHART 22 Economic Context for Cigarettes
- CHART 23 Real Gdp Growth 2020-2030
- CHART 24 Inflation 2020-2030
- Consumer Context
- CHART 25 Consumer Context for Cigarettes
- CHART 26 Population 2020-2030
- CHART 27 Population by Generation 2025
- Country Reports Disclaimer
CIGARS, CIGARILLOS AND SMOKING TOBACCO IN FRANCE
- Key Data Insights
- 2025 Developments
- Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco Summary
- Industry Performance
- Consumers Turn to Value and Authenticity as Economic Pressures Mount
- A Eternita Captures Demand for Affordable Luxury as Premium Supply Shrinks
- CHART 28 Volume Sales 2020-2030
- CHART 29 Volume Sales by Category 2025
- What's Next?
- Volume Decline to Persist Despite Favourable Macroeconomic Outlook
- Pipe Tobacco Adoption among Millennials to Offset Fine Cut Decline
- Tax Hikes and Regulatory Tightening to Accelerate Downtrading and Portfolio Shifts
- CHART 30 Forecast Volume Sales 2020-2030
- CHART 31 Forecast Volume Sales by Category 2025-2030
Competitive Landscape
- Jt Retains Leading Position Despite Competitive Pressures
- Traditab and Poeschl Leverage Local and Natural Trends to Gain Share
- CHART 32 Company Shares 2025
- CHART 33 Brand Shares 2025
- Channels
- Tobacco Specialists Retain Exclusive Sales as Margins Tighten
- E-Commerce Remains Absent as Regulation Blocks Online Sales
- Economic Context
- CHART 34 Economic Context for Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco
- CHART 35 Real Gdp Growth 2020-2030
- CHART 36 Inflation 2020-2030
- Consumer Context
- CHART 37 Consumer Context for Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco
- CHART 38 Population 2020-2030
- CHART 39 Population by Generation 2025
- Country Reports Disclaimer
SMOKELESS TOBACCO, E-VAPOUR PRODUCTS AND HEATED TOBACCO IN FRANCE
- Key Data Insights
- 2025 Developments
- Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco Summary
- Industry Performance
- Dinner Lady'S Hybrid Launch Addresses Multi-Format Nicotine Demand
- Bio Concept Sas Captures Value-Seeking Vapers through Local Sourcing
- Refillable Vapes and Price-Driven Choices Reshape Nicotine Sales
- CHART 40 Volume Sales 2020-2030
- CHART 41 Volume Sales by Category 2025
- What's Next?
- Closed System Innovators to Capture Loyalty as Regulations Tighten
- Nicotine Pouches to Face Decline as E-Vapour Dominates Volumes
- Taxation, Bans and Flavour Limits to Reshape Business Strategies
- CHART 42 Forecast Volume Sales 2020-2030
- CHART 43 Forecast Volume Sales by Category 2025-2030
Competitive Landscape
- British American Tobacco France Leverages Portfolio Breadth to Outpace Rivals
- CHART 44 Company Shares 2025
- CHART 45 Brand Shares 2025
- Channels
- Tobacconists Lead through Increased Access and Expertise
- E-Commerce Challenges Specialists as Online Device Sales Surge
- Economic Context
- CHART 46 Economic Context for Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco
- CHART 47 Real Gdp Growth 2020-2030
- CHART 48 Inflation 2020-2030
- Consumer Context
- CHART 49 Consumer Context for Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco
- CHART 50 Population 2020-2030
- CHART 51 Population by Generation 2025
- Country Reports Disclaimer
