Cheap cigarettes in Europe

[Andy008]

Where is tobacco cheapest in Europe these days?

Thanks.

[Buenchico]

The cheapest place which you can bring back an 'unlimited' quantity from (subject to HMRC's guideline maximum 'personal use' figure of 3200) is probably still Belgium. Taxes have been increased but prices are probably still lower than elsewhere.

Cigarettes may be (significantly) cheaper in some of the 'new' EU countries but you can only bring back 200.

Chris

PS: I've never smoked (or 'bootlegged') a single cigarette in my life. This information is based upon what friends have told me (except for the customs limits which are derived from the HMRC website). If any smokers (and/or bootleggers) know better, I'll happily bow to their superior knowledge.

[NORMANTHEDOG]

the eastern european countries that have recently joined the eu are very cheap

[Buenchico]

As Norman states, the former Soviet-block countries generally have very low prices for cigarettes. However, that doesn't really help most travellers very much. If you try to import more than 200 cigarettes from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia or Slovenia, you'll either have to pay duty or (if you don't declare them) risk confiscation and possible prosecution:
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebAp p/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_page Label=pageTravel_ShowContent&id=HMCE_PROD_0095 60&propertyType=document

Chris

[ugly_bob]

Unfortunately, Chris is right. EU taxes on cigarettes have increased a lot recently, making European cigarettes a lot more expensive than they were. I think (but I'm not sure) that there's a fairly standard price of 40 Euros ish (around �28) for 200 cigs now in most EU countries.
If, however, you go to Andorra/Gibraltar/Canaries/Eastern Europe, you can get them a lot cheaper, but you face import limits.
The former Eastern Bloc countries have limits on how much you can import that usually are 200 cigarettes, but other tobacco varies significantly from country to country.

[vicalncraig]

Lativa

[filthiestfis]

Yes-Buenchico and ugly_bob have got it absolutely correct. I have never been stopped at customs on my return from hol in London but others have been, so I wont recommend that you attempt to bring back more than the 200 cigs limit ;-)

[tobacconline]

Hi Andy, I live in Hungary and am just about to open a website http://tobacconline.eu we are going to start selling cigarettes to EU countries and as clearly stated here the max you can import is 200 for private use, but that is 200 at a time so you could import 800 a month as long as they are for personal use, this is obviously a grey area...check the court case going on at present ...

[JackWales]

Try Budapest, in Hungary. I was there over Christmas and Lambert & Butler worked out at �1.40 a pack (!). I bought 15 cartons at the airport on the way home (filled two carrier bags. I saved over �500 - more than enough to pay for my 5-day holiday. By the way, I was in Amsterdam last November (2007) - quite expensive there - cheaper than the UK (isn't everywhere?) but, if I remember, about �3.50 a pack.
Happy hunting

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