21 octobre, 2024
Logista France, in partnership with think-tank The European House - Ambrosetti, publishes the first annual report on the challenges facing the nicotine market in France. It offers a comprehensive analysis, covering economic and regulatory aspects, as well as consumption dynamics.
The report highlights the major challenges facing the market, such as the effects of tax policies on public health. Higher prices resulting from increased taxation, while intended to reduce tobacco consumption, have had the opposite effect of driving some consumers towards illicit markets, where products are cheaper but uncontrolled. The decline in legal tobacco consumption volumes (by 6% a year between 2017 and 2023), while tobacco consumption remains stable, is undermining public health policies and tax revenues, to the benefit of illegal networks. In this respect, the report analyzes how the COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique framework for observing the impact of containment on tobacco consumption.
The report also analyzes the evolution of the market for new-generation products, which represent an opportunity for smokers to reduce the risks associated with nicotine consumption. Based on a comparison of the situation in other countries, including our close neighbors, the report notes that French regulations differ according to product category, and remain inadequate.
At the same time, it analyzes the advantages of controlling sales of nicotine-containing products through responsible, state-approved networks, with a specific tax system. This would guarantee their quality and traceability, and limit their distribution to adult smokers.
The report on the challenges facing the nicotine market in France in 2024 shows how Logista France, which plays a central role in the distribution and traceability of these products, is a key player in guaranteeing the legality and safety of the market, in order to support its dynamics and its transition to future regulatory developments.
Read the Logista 2024 Report on the challenges facing the nicotine market
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Logista France is the French subsidiary of the Logista Group, listed on the Madrid stock exchange and a major player in European logistics, present in seven countries, with over 7,500 employees and active in a variety of sectors, such as the distribution of pharmaceutical products, telephony and consumer products, including the distribution of nicotine-based products. Logista France is the preferred partner of local retailers in France, offering integrated logistics services: from product purchasing to storage, marketing and delivery to 23,000 points of sale, guaranteeing smooth, controlled distribution in highly regulated sectors.