EU Cigarette Price & Tax Breakdown - July 2008

	RRP	Tax Burden	Tax Incidence
	£ per 20		%
Ireland	5.89	4.62	78
UK	5.66	4.33	77
France	4.19	3.37	80
Sweden	3.97	2.87	72
Germany	3.72	2.82	76
Netherlands	3.66	2.73	75
Finland	3.40	2.55	75
Denmark	3.39	2.49	73
Belgium	3.29	2.55	77
Malta	2.86	2.17	76
Italy	2.77	2.08	75
Austria	2.77	2.07	75
Portugal	2.61	2.08	80
Luxembourg	2.53	1.77	70
Greece	2.37	1.74	74
Cyprus	2.23	1.61	72
Spain	1.90	1.47	78
Czech Republic	1.88	1.51	80
Hungary	1.80	1.33	74
Slovenia	1.74	1.30	75
Slovak Republic	1.38	1.29	94
Poland	1.38	1.20	87
Romania	1.20	0.89	74
Lithuania	1.15	0.77	67
Estonia	1.12	1.02	92
Bulgaria	1.00	0.82	82
Latvia	0.94	0.85	90

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 based on information contained in the European Commission's publication Excise Duty Tables. Part III - Manufactured Tobacco, July 2008 and the exchange rates published in the Official Journal C Series for the start of July 2008.