Cigarettes: price increase triggered for Camel and other JTI brands

A nasty surprise at the tobacconist's for smokers as of this morning: Friday 13 February sees thesecond round of increases for cigarettes. After the half of last month price hikes already started as a result of the Manoeuvre on the first player in the Italian market, Philip Morris, Big Tobacco owner of the Marlboro brand, it is now the turn of JTI, which in Italia markets, among others, the Camel brand.

And so a packet (hard, the soft one costs less) of Camel light would reportedly come to EUR 6.30 from the current EUR 6. But other brands are also affected, according to updated price lists from the State Monopolies. Last 16 January, the first increases were recorded: Philip Morris had increased the price by up to 30 cents per packet. For example, Marlboro (hard packet) had risen from EUR 6.50 to EUR 6.80 per packet. Cigars and cut tobacco had also increased, but not 'heated' tobacco, such as one of the well-known brands 'Terea'.