Tobacco farmers say they are "ready" to sell regulated cannabis

The tobacconists are "ready to market" cannabis in case of legalization and would even ask "exclusivity" of its distribution to offset a decline in sales of cigarettes. This was stated, Saturday, July 21, the president of the Confederation of tobacconists in an interview at Parisien .

We are for recreational cannabis if it is regulated. And we are ready to market it in our tobacco shops. Philippe Coy, President of the Confederation of tobacconists at the "Parisien"

"On June 18, I even proposed to the Minister of Health to go further and become the first reference network of cannabis if it is, one day, legalized in France " specifies the tobacconist Philippe Coy.

This statement comes as coffee shops selling products based on cannabidiol (CBD) have spread in France and some of their managers have been indicted, especially for "transport, holding, offer or badignment, acquisition or use of narcotics. " French coffee shops enjoy a legal uncertainty that allows CBD since the content of THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), a component of cannabis with a psychotropic effect, does not exceed 0.2%. [19659008] "If the CBD and more broadly cannabis are allowed, we want to be present in this market.It is even demand exclusivity.We are in a transformation plan because the sales of cigarettes are expected to fall. the opportunities " develops the president of the Confederation of tobacconists.

In 2017, sales of cigarettes in France fell by 1.48% in volume, according to a report prepared by Logista France, supplier of almost all tobacconists, one year after the entry into force of the neutral package