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Data Analysis and Insights Retail Price Variation Across Europe Ireland leads with the highest retail price for cigarettes, at 13.43 euros, which is nearly 5 times higher than the price in Bulgaria, the country with the lowest retail price at 2.77 euros

Among all tobacco control policies recommended by the WHO, taxation of tobacco products is the most effective and cost-effective measure.9 A 10% increase in price is expected to reduce tobacco consumption by 5% in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).10 Increases in tobacco taxation have also been associated with improved health outcomes, including decreased infant mortality.11 TTCs employ a range of tactics to prevent new tobacco control legislation or attenuate its effects, such as to differentially price their products (eg, raising price of more expensive products by a larger amount) to ensure that cheap cigarettes remain in the market,12 13 and to maintain the availability of single cigarette sticks.14 The WHO FCTC recommends a ban on the sale of single cigarettes and several African countries have complied with this.15 There is limited research on single cigarettes in Africa but a recent study in ten African countries found that single cigarettes were widely sold, suggesting insufficient law enforcement on banning the sale of single cigarettes.14 The WHO global report on the tobacco epidemic presents prices of most sold, premium and cheap cigarettes (per 20-cigarette pack) that enable pricing differentials to be assessed at country level

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