L. P. Promociones de Tabaco has represented various European manufacturers in the Spanish market over the years; currently, it represents the interests of a single European tobacco manufacturer, Pöschl Tabak.
Located in Barcelona since 2024, specifically in Sant Cugat del Vallés, they represent Pöschl Tabak in institutions and market its products to tobacconists.
An obvious correlation exists between the highest levels of illegal and non-domestic consumption (e.g. France, UK, Ireland, Poland and Finland) and the highest taxation rates applied to fine-cut toconsbacco, in comparison with cigarettes. The figures clearly show that any alignment of tobacco taxation, regardless of the products’ specificities, will prevent fine-cut tobacco from fulfilling its buffer function, leading to increased illegal trade of cigarettes and driving down government revenues.
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