Can I buy cigarettes on a European cruise?

[ronay2006]

Going on a cruise from Rome back to Rome in September to just EU countries so will I be able to buy cigarettes on-board or would I be better bringing some with me?

[hancock]

Anything bought on a cruise that visits only EU ports will have the EU tax applied. I find the cigarettes on European cruises are more expensive than on Caribbean cruises.

[Killington]

You can buy on board cheaper than UK to smoke whilst you are away but they are tax free so you cannot take them back to UK from an EU country. Cigs in Rome are about 5 euros per pack. What I do is search for prices in all the countries I am visiting and plan to buy where they are cheapest. For example through the Panama Canal Mexico was less then £1 per pack so I bought enough in USA to last until then, and in Mexico bought for the rest of the holiday plus the 400 that 2 of us could bring to UK. Cruise next month Ushuaia is cheapest (it has some sort of special tax free status in Argentina) 31p for 20 can you believe:D

 

Don't forget that buying in EU countries and returning to UK you can bring 800 per person.

[Killington]

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[Killington]

Duplicate post again - sorry the system shows an error then posts it anyway!

[Pushka]

Duplicate post again - sorry the system shows an error then posts it anyway!

 

 

The boards are broken. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

[Sandtrap328]

Didn't you hear the news yesterday from the EU?

 

Smoking cigarettes is now prohibited in any EU country as of midnight tomorrow. :eek:

 

(Maybe that was just an "alternative fact").

[upwarduk]

Didn't you hear the news yesterday from the EU?

 

Smoking cigarettes is now prohibited in any EU country as of midnight tomorrow. :eek:

 

(Maybe that was just an "alternative fact").

 

 

More Fake news from USA.!

[ronay2006]

Thanks for "most" of the replies.

You always get one :mad:

Good to know I can buy onboard so won't have to bring any from home.

I'll buy in Rome if I come across a tabac though.