Esta soube pelo Mata-Mouros: Cigarette taxes to be frozen in France as attacks on shops rise: Attacks on France’s 34,000 tobacconists have risen sharply since the price of a top brand of cigarettes was raised to 4.60 (£3.20) from 3.90, turning the quintessentially French habit of smoking into a luxury.
Things have got so bad that tobacconists have even been targeted by ram-raiders - thieves who smash stolen cars into shop fronts in a technique usually reserved for jewellery stores.
