Cigarette prices in baltics

Post by t***@btinternet.com
Can anyone give me an idea of the price of cigarettes in the Baltics,
I'm going to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in Jan and would like to
know where it is best to buy them. I'm after Marlboro lights

In Latvia they are about 70p for 20. Sold in any supermarket or kiosk.
You may be lucky to get 200 for �6.50 on central market in Riga.
Prices do change, but the market remains to be the cheapest. There are
other brands that are much cheaper ("Next" is approx. 40p).

To get to the market - if you facing the main entrance of central train
station, turn right, walk towards Riga's Big Ben, first left and you
will be under railway bridge, cheap fags start right there. Keep going
under the bridge and the market will be on your right (more fags
there).

A piece of advice: - if anybody comes up to you offering cigarettes
even cheaper, decline the offer politely and keep going.

Post by t***@btinternet.com
Thanks
Toby

P.S. - if you get lost ask for central market. Many young people can
speak English there

t***@btinternet.com

2006-11-12 20:33:45 UTC

In Latvia they are about 70p for 20. Sold in any supermarket or kiosk.
You may be lucky to get 200 for £6.50 on central market in Riga.
Prices do change, but the market remains to be the cheapest. There are
other brands that are much cheaper ("Next" is approx. 40p).
To get to the market - if you facing the main entrance of central train
station, turn right, walk towards Riga's Big Ben, first left and you
will be under railway bridge, cheap fags start right there. Keep going
under the bridge and the market will be on your right (more fags
there).
A piece of advice: - if anybody comes up to you offering cigarettes
even cheaper, decline the offer politely and keep going.

Post by t***@btinternet.com
Thanks
Toby

P.S. - if you get lost ask for central market. Many young people can
speak English there

Thanks for your help, much appreciated!

Toby

Vladimir Makarenko

2006-11-12 21:10:15 UTC

Post by t***@btinternet.com
Thanks
Toby

P.S. - if you get lost ask for central market. Many young people can
speak English there

Thanks for your help, much appreciated!
Toby

Why don't you just shop in duty free in an airport?

VM.

t***@btinternet.com

2006-11-12 21:23:31 UTC

Post by Vladimir Makarenko

Post by t***@btinternet.com
Thanks
Toby

P.S. - if you get lost ask for central market. Many young people can
speak English there

Thanks for your help, much appreciated!
Toby

Why don't you just shop in duty free in an airport?
VM.

Duty free within the EU is no longer allowed. But we (British) are
allowed to bring tobacco back from other EU countries if we have paid
the local duty and the tobacco is for personal use.

The next time I go outside the EU I'll buy some ciggs at duty free
though

Dmitry

2006-11-12 22:27:50 UTC

Post by Vladimir Makarenko
Why don't you just shop in duty free in an airport?
VM.

Duty free within the EU is no longer allowed. But we (British) are
allowed to bring tobacco back from other EU countries if we have paid
the local duty and the tobacco is for personal use.
The next time I go outside the EU I'll buy some ciggs at duty free
though

70p is still a very good price for Marlboro Lights, for EU country.
But if anyone is after hand rolling tobaco in Rīga, forget it. It is
not sold there anymore, not even in specialised shops, not even in
"duty free".

Pēteris Cedriņš (Peteris Cedrins)

2006-11-13 02:21:57 UTC

Post by Vladimir Makarenko
Why don't you just shop in duty free in an airport?
VM.

Duty free within the EU is no longer allowed. But we (British) are
allowed to bring tobacco back from other EU countries if we have paid
the local duty and the tobacco is for personal use.
The next time I go outside the EU I'll buy some ciggs at duty free
though

The government killed the sale of rolling tobacco here by raising
taxes, unfortunately.

Duty free is very often not a good deal, by the way (my favorite
example was between Israel and Egypt, where duty free shops sell
Marlboros at several times what they cost at an ordinary shop Egypt...)

Besides the Central Market in Rīga, the kiosks in the subways [UK
usage; Rīga has no subways in US usage!] taking you from the station
to the Centre/Old Town have good prices, if you haven't time for the
market.

Regards,
/P, a Next smoker...

Dmitry

2006-11-12 21:54:49 UTC

Post by Vladimir Makarenko
Why don't you just shop in duty free in an airport?
VM.

There is no 'duty free' for British citizens any more. But even before
the change it was cheaper to buy same products before passport control.

Today one will pay more in Rīga airport than in supermarket. There
are two (I think) 'duty free' type of shops after you check in, --
both are 'customer free'.

Maris

2006-11-13 18:18:38 UTC

Post by Vladimir Makarenko
Why don't you just shop in duty free in an airport?
VM.

There is no 'duty free' for British citizens any more. But even before
the change it was cheaper to buy same products before passport control.
Today one will pay more in R?ga airport than in supermarket. There
are two (I think) 'duty free' type of shops after you check in, --
both are 'customer free'.

I think the price of cigarettes in the duty-free in Riga airport is
not much greater than in the market. Don't forget, though, that you
are restricted to either 200 or 400 cigarettes for importation into
the UK unlike from the older EU members (where cigarette prices are on
a par with the UK). A lot of the cigarette smuggling into the UK got
nipped in the bud after the terrorist panic earlier this year.

Maris

Dmitry

2006-11-13 21:27:04 UTC

Post by Maris

Post by Vladimir Makarenko
Why don't you just shop in duty free in an airport?
VM.

I thought '200' restriction is still there, no matter what country
you're bringing them from, but I might be out of date on this. Nobody
seems to care anyway, unless it is van full of stuff. It still makes
sense to bring tobacco from old EU countries. I paid 4.50 euros in
Belgium last May for the same amount that costs nearly �10 here.
"Proper fag" prices have quite big gap too.

t***@btinternet.com

2006-11-14 15:17:21 UTC

Post by Vladimir Makarenko
Why don't you just shop in duty free in an airport?
VM.

I thought '200' restriction is still there, no matter what country
you're bringing them from, but I might be out of date on this. Nobody
seems to care anyway, unless it is van full of stuff. It still makes
sense to bring tobacco from old EU countries. I paid 4.50 euros in
Belgium last May for the same amount that costs nearly £10 here.
"Proper fag" prices have quite big gap too.

The 200 limit is still in force for new member states, I think this is
because excise duty in the new member states is below EU minimum
levels. Once the excise duty is raised to EU minimums (2008-2009) the
restriction will be lifted. There are no limits on the personal import
of tobacco from the 'old' member states, but the EU has isssued
guidelines as to how many cigarettes can be considered to be 'for
personal use'. I believe this is 800 cigarettes.

m***@hotmail.com

2006-11-22 22:08:30 UTC

Can you put me in touch with an english speaking cigarette seller at
the market, an e-mail address is needed to communicate as I want to
understand the cigarette market for research purposes?