Overall, the picture was bleak for tobacco in Estonia in 2021, with a fall in current value sales, largely driven by a sizeable drop in volume sales of cigarettes. Several factors led to the volume dr…
Over the review period, volume sales of cigarettes were on the decline as consumers are becoming more health-conscious. The COVID-19 pandemic temporarily reversed this downwards trend. Tighter border …
Tobacco continued to see strong growth in current value terms in Lithuania in 2021, although this was largely driven by the dynamism being seen in e-vapour products and heated tobacco. Retail volume s…
Cigars and cigarillos both registered current value and volume growth in 2021, as with society fully opened up post pandemic lockdowns, there was more socialising and cigars and cigarillos are often c…
Cigarettes registered a significant volume decline in 2021, on par with the volume decline registered in 2020. This is due to a continued decline of the smoking population, due both to a general decli…
E-Vapour products suffered a drop in current value sales in 2021, in what is a small product area anyway, in terms of value sales. One of the problems with e-liquids in particular is that there is a s…
Over the review period, volume sales of cigarettes were on the decline as consumers are becoming more health-conscious. The COVID-19 pandemic temporarily reversed this downwards trend. Tighter border …
Sales of cigarettes continued to decline in retail volume terms in 2021 continuing the pattern seen throughout the review period. Most consumers were already well aware of the negative impact that smo…
Fine cut tobacco continued to grow in 2021 as a cheaper alternative to cigarettes during a time of increasing price-conscious behaviour when trading down from expensive cigarettes to fine cut smoking …
Cigarillos enjoyed dynamic growth in current value and retail volume terms in 2021. Part of this growth stemmed from the excise tax tariff on these products, which allows players to be more flexible w…
Heated tobacco products and e-vapour products continued to post dynamic growth in current value terms in 2021. Many consumers shifted from the smoking regular cigarettes during the review period to wh…
Heated tobacco sales recorded positive, but lower growth in 2021 compared to the review period. Excise tax on heated tobacco was raised from EUR75 to EUR160 per kg in 2021, thus raising prices signifi…
Sales of tobacco free oral nicotine are not notable in Lithuania due to limited consumer knowledge. As availability also remains limited, this category is unlikely to gain traction during the forecast…
Sales of tobacco free oral nicotine are not notable in Estonia due to limited consumer knowledge. As availability also remains limited, this category is unlikely to gain traction during the forecast p…
