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Cigarettes in the United Kingdom

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  • 30 Pages
  • June 2025
  • Region: United Kingdom
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1923865
Retail volume sales of cigarettes in the UK witnessed double digit decline in 2024, with smoking prevalence continuing to fall. Consumer demand has weakened due to the general shift towards alternative products, including e-vapour and heated tobacco. Due to consumer price sensitivity, further price increases have played a key role in the declining consumption of cigarettes.

The Cigarettes in United Kingdom report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2020-2024, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be the new legislative, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2029 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Cigarettes Including Fine Cut Stick Equivalent.

Data coverage: Market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Cigarettes market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Price sensitivity and switching to alternatives sends cigarettes volume sales plummeting
  • Consumers switch to value brands in order to economise
  • Most distribution channels struggle as smoking rates continue to decline
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Cigarette volume sales are set to continue declining over the forecast period
  • The minimum age for buying tobacco will rise gradually from 2027
  • Further government initiatives to have a strong impact on the future of tobacco
TAXATION AND PRICING
  • Taxation rates
  • Average cigarette pack price breakdown
  • Summary 1 Average Cigarette Pack Price Breakdown: Brand Examples
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Cigarettes: Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 2 Sales of Cigarettes by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 3 Sales of Cigarettes: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 4 Sales of Cigarettes by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 5 Sales of Cigarettes by Blend: % Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 6 Sales of Cigarettes by Standard/Menthol/Capsule: % Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 7 Sales of Cigarettes by Regular/Slim/Superslim/Microslim: % Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 8 Sales of Cigarettes by Pack Size: % Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 9 Sales of Cigarettes by Price Band: % Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 10 NBO Company Shares of Cigarettes: % Volume 2020-2024
  • Table 11 LBN Brand Shares of Cigarettes: % Volume 2021-2024
  • Table 12 Sales of Cigarettes by Distribution Format: % Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 13 Illicit Trade Estimate of Cigarettes: Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 14 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes: Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 15 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 16 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes: % Volume Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 17 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 18 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Blend: % Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 19 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Standard/Menthol/Capsule: % Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 20 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Regular/Slim/Superslim/Microslim: % Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 21 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Pack Size: % Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Cigarettes by Price Band: % Volume 2024-2029
TOBACCO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Tobacco in 2024: The big picture
  • 2024 key trends
  • Competitive landscape
  • Retail developments
  • What next for tobacco?
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
  • Legislation
  • Legislative overview
  • Summary 2 Legislation Summary at a Glance
  • Minimum legal smoking age
  • Smoking prevalence
  • Tar levels
  • Health warnings
  • Plain packaging
  • Advertising and sponsorship
  • Point-of-sale display bans
  • Smoking in public places
  • Low ignition propensity (LIP) cigarette regulation
  • Flavoured tobacco product ban
  • Reduced harm
  • Vapour products
PRODUCTION/IMPORTS/EXPORTS
MARKET INDICATORS
  • Table 23 Number of Adult Smokers by Gender 2019-2024
MARKET DATA
  • Table 24 Sales of Tobacco by Category: Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 25 Sales of Tobacco by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 26 Sales of Tobacco by Category: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 27 Sales of Tobacco by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 28 Forecast Sales of Tobacco by Category: Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 29 Forecast Sales of Tobacco by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 30 Forecast Sales of Tobacco by Category: % Volume Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 31 Forecast Sales of Tobacco by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029
DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
  • Summary 3 Research Sources