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Cigarette excise per stick

THB 1.25 / cigarette

As of2025·Sources3·Supporting

Thailand applies a THB 1.25 specific tax per cigarette on top of the tiered ad-valorem regime. Combined with plain packaging (2019), no point-of-sale display, smoke-free zones, and age restrictions, this remains one of ASEAN's more restrictive tobacco regimes.

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Thailand applies a THB 1.25 specific tax per cigarette on top of the tiered ad-valorem regime. Combined with plain packaging (2019), no point-of-sale display, smoke-free zones, and age restrictions, this remains one of ASEAN's more restrictive tobacco regimes.

Thailand applies a THB 1.25 specific tax per cigarette on top of the tiered ad-valorem regime. Combined with plain packaging (2019), no point-of-sale display, smoke-free zones, and age restrictions, this remains one of ASEAN's more restrictive tobacco regimes.

Time scope

2025

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Interpretation notes

What this tells you

Thailand applies a THB 1.25 specific tax per cigarette on top of the tiered ad-valorem regime. Combined with plain packaging (2019), no point-of-sale display, smoke-free zones, and age restrictions, this remains one of ASEAN's more restrictive tobacco regimes.

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Use the linked report for interpretation and keep basis differences explicit.

Related figures

Adjacent numbers that add context without drowning the value.

FY2024
~THB 150B

Thai tobacco retail value

TOAT, Excise Department, Euromonitor

FY2024
~35%

Philip Morris Thailand market share

Excise Department, Euromonitor, manufacturer filings

FY2024
~15%

TOAT state monopoly market share

TOAT annual report, MOF

FY2024
~10-15%

Illicit cigarette trade share

Excise Department, Customs, industry estimates

Report context

Thailand Tobacco Market Intelligence

Thai tobacco ~THB 150B annual. State monopoly via Tobacco Authority of Thailand (TOAT, formerly Thailand Tobacco Monopoly); Krong Thip, Falling Rain domestic brands. Imported brands dominant: Philip Morris (Marlboro, L&M), JTI (Mevius, Camel, Winston), BAT (Rothmans, Kent). Heavy excise tax, plain packaging, anti-smoking policies under MOPH. E-cigarette, heated tobacco banned (IQOS not legal). Vape regulation policy-flux. Illicit trade ~10-15% of market. Thai tobacco leaf farmers declining under alt-crop support programmes.

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Atlas actors in this figure's reports

Profiles covered in the report that cite this number.

Excise Department Thailand — Tobacco

Thai excise authority setting tobacco tax, stamp, and enforcement rules for cigarettes and nicotine products.

Japan Tobacco International Thailand (JTI)

Thai market presence of Japan Tobacco International in imported cigarette and tobacco-product competition.

Philip Morris Thailand

Thai operating footprint of Philip Morris International across cigarettes and smoke-free tobacco products.

Tobacco Authority of Thailand (TOAT)

State tobacco enterprise producing and distributing cigarettes under Thailand's excise-regulated market.

Central Retail Corporation

Omnichannel incumbent defending digital share against marketplace platforms.

CP ALL (7-Eleven Thailand)

7-Eleven Thailand franchisee; ~14,000 stores (ASEAN's largest convenience chain); FY2024 revenue ~THB 960B; CP Group flagship.

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