Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Kool and Rothman's cigarettes go up by 10 cents a packet

MORE brands of cigarettes are about to go up in price as a result of the increase in the tax element on tobacco products.

Pall Mall will now cost 4.20 euros a packet and Lucky Strike 4.35 euros, both having risen by 10 cents.

Other 'premium' brands, including Vogue, Rothman's, Prince and Kool will go up 10 cents to 4.75 euros, and Golden American will rise to 3.95 euros, an increase of 15 cents.

All of these are manufactured by British American Tobacco (BAT) which has followed in the footsteps of its main competitors, Altadis and Philip Morris, after Spain's government announced a tax hike on June 28.

The increase in tax is from 19.10 euros per 1,000 cigarettes to 24.10 euros, or a euro per carton of 10 packets.

Altadis has already applied this extra amount to Ducados, Fortuna and Nobel, and Philip Morris has added it to its own-brand cigarettes as well as Marlboro, L&M and Chesterfield.

A fourth company, JTI, has increased the price of its two main brands Winston and Camel by 10 cents a packet.