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In the last 16 years, the price of a pack of cigarettes in the Netherlands increased by more than *** percent, from just **** euros in 2005 to **** in 2022. In the period until 2021, the annual inflation rate was never above **** percent, peaking in 2001 at *** percent. This suggests that prices of cigarettes grew much faster than the CPI.

International comparison: the price of cigarettes in the Benelux region

   Of all the Benelux countries, the Dutch clearly paid the most for their cigarettes. A pack of ** cigarettes in the Netherlands sold for **** euros on average, whereas in Belgium for the same pack you would pay **** euros in 2021. Cigarettes were cheapest in Luxembourg though: ** cigarettes on average cost just **** euros – the same price smokers in the Netherlands paid all the way back in 2005.

 Expenditure on cigarettes in the Netherlands 

  Consumer expenditure on tobacco products reached *** billion euros in 2020. Roughly *** billion of this came from the sales of cigarettes. On average, Dutch consumers spent just over *** euros per capita on cigarettes.