The price of tobacco changes again in Spain from this Saturday, 14 November 2026. The Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) has published a new resolution from the Comisionado para el Mercado de Tabacos that establishes the retail prices to the public of different products marketed in tobacco shops in mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands. The update affects 13 references of cigars, cigarillos, and pipe tobacco, with amounts ranging from €1.45 per unit to €275 for a limited edition of Cohiba.
The change is set out in the Resolution of 13 November 2026, published this Saturday in the BOE and whose entry into force is immediate. This means that from today, establishments must apply the corresponding official rates for the products included in the list, which have been proposed by manufacturers and importers and subsequently published by the body attached to the Ministry of Finance.
The new price list includes products from the brands Alejandro Alfambra, Diamante, Don Julio, Saga, Cohiba and Capital Bra, although it does not involve a generalized change in the cost of all tobacco products. In fact, on this occasion there are no new rates for conventional cigarette packs, such as Marlboro, Camel, Winston or Lucky Strike, but rather for certain varieties of cigars, cigarillos and pipe tobacco.
These reviews are part of the usual mechanism for updating the Spanish tobacco market, where prices are published periodically in the BOE. This Saturday’s resolution comes barely a week after another update that entered into force on the 7 November and that affected different products, including two varieties of Nobel, cigars from Davidoff and Nicarao, and several types of rolling tobacco and pipe tobacco.
New tobacco prices from Saturday, 14 November: all the brands affected
The update published by Hacienda distinguishes between cigars and cigarillos sold by the unit, full packages, and pipe tobacco. In the first group, there are eight references, with very different prices depending on the brand and the product.
The new official prices for cigars and cigarillos, expressed in euros per unit, are as follows:
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Alejandro Alfambra Serie Clásica Magnum XIV (5): 2.70 euros.
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Diamante Magnum (10): 1.85 euros.
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Diamante Robusto (10): 1.45 euros.
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Diamante Toro (10): 1.65 euros.
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Diamante Torpedo (10): 1.75 euros.
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Don Julio Sang Bleu Robusto (24): 21.90 euros.
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Saga Solaz Churchill (24): 12.50 euros.
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Saga Solaz Corona (8): 11.90 euros.
It is important to take into account that the above amounts correspond to the price of each cigar or cigarillo, not to the cost of the full box. The figures in parentheses form part of the designation of the presentations included in the resolution, while the BOE expressly specifies that the retail sale price is set per unit.
Within this group, the most economical product is Diamante Robusto, with a price of 1.45 euros, while the priciest is Don Julio Sang Bleu Robusto, which reaches 21.90 euros per piece. Between the two are different references of Diamante, Alejandro Alfambra and Saga, a sample of the diversity of prices existing in the cigar market.
Cohiba and Capital Bra: up to 275 euros for a tobacco container
One of the products with the highest price in the new list is Cohiba Wide Short 60 Limited Edition 2027, whose container of 60 units will have an official price of 275 euros. In this case, unlike the previous cigars, the amount published by the BOE corresponds to the full container and not to a single piece.
The update also includes four references from Capital Bra, corresponding to pipe shavings that are marketed in formats of 50 and 200 grams. The new prices are established as follows:
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Capital Bra Monkeyk D. Fluffy (200 grams): 17.50 euros.
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Capital Bra Monkeyk D. Fluffy (50 grams): 4.95 euros.
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Capital Bra Red Baunty (200 grams): 17.50 euros.
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Capital Bra Red Baunty (50 grams): 4.95 euros.
In these products, the price depends fundamentally on the marketing format. The two varieties maintain the same amount for each size, so the smaller presentations cost 4.95 euros for 50 grams, while the 200-gram containers are 17.50 euros.
The difference between the formats is also reflected in the proportional cost of the product. A 200-gram container is equivalent to four 50-gram packs, whose combined price would amount to 19.80 euros if they were bought separately. Therefore, in the two varieties included in the resolution, the larger format has a lower cost per gram.
Do the prices of Marlboro, Camel, Winston or Lucky Strike go up?
The publication of a new resolution on tobacco prices does not necessarily mean that all brands marketed in Spain experience an increase. On this occasion, the BOE does not include changes for conventional packs of Marlboro, Camel, Winston or Lucky Strike, nor for the set of products available in tobacconists.
The update is limited to the 13 references expressly mentioned in the document. This means that the rest of brands and formats keep the official prices that correspond to them under previous resolutions, as long as no new modification is published that includes them.
In addition, it is advisable to distinguish between the publication of new prices and a general increase in taxes. The resolution of November 14 does not, by itself, introduce an increase in VAT or in excise taxes on tobacco, but instead makes public the amounts proposed by manufacturers and importers for certain products, with the taxes already included.
The BOE also does not establish in this resolution a comparison between the previous and current prices of each reference, so it cannot be stated that all the products included have increased in price. The publication is used to determine the fees that are applicable from this Saturday, but it does not identify individually which products become more expensive, which become cheaper, or which receive an official price for the first time.
Why the price of tobacco changes in Spain and who decides the rates
The tobacco marketing system in Spain is regulated by the Law 13/1998, on the Regulation of the Tobacco Market and Tax Regulations, which establishes the terms for the sale of these products and the powers of the Commissioner for the Tobacco Market.
According to Article 4, retail sale prices are determined by manufacturers or, where applicable, by importers, who must communicate the corresponding rates to the tax Administration and to the Commissioner for the Tobacco Market. The latter body is responsible for publishing them in the BOE to ensure their knowledge and general application.
Therefore, although the new fees appear in a resolution of the Ministry of Finance, it is not the Government that individually decides the commercial price of each brand. The Administration intervenes in regulating, publishing, and supervising the market, while companies set the amounts within the applicable fiscal and regulatory framework.
The sector is also subject to a high tax burden, since tobacco products are subject to excise taxes and the corresponding VAT. Taxation is one of the components that influence the final price, together with production, distribution, and marketing costs, and the decisions of the manufacturers themselves.
This structure explains why the BOE periodically publishes new resolutions with different prices for certain brands. There is no single annual date on which the cost of all tobacco changes, but successive updates may occur throughout the year based on the communications made by companies in the sector.
Where the new prices apply and from when they are mandatory
The resolution published this Saturday expressly establishes that the fees enter into force on the same day as their publication in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado), on 14 November 2026. Consequently, the new amounts will apply as of this date in the authorized establishments of the territory referred to in the provision.
Specifically, the update affects the tobacco retailers (estancos) of mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, so it does not set the sale prices of these products in the Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla, territories with their own particularities within the marketing and taxation regime for tobacco.
Consumers may consult the official amounts in the resolution published by the Comisionado for the Tobacco Market, where the brands, the commercial denominations, and the price corresponding to each presentation are specified. The list includes both products sold by units and complete packs and cut tobacco, so it is important to check the unit of measure before comparing quantities.
The entry into force of these fees occurs in a context of frequent updates to tobacco prices during 2026. Only in November, two weekly resolutions have already been published: the one for the 7th and the one for this Saturday the 14th, which affect different product categories.
Thus, while last week’s update incorporated new rates for packs of Nobel and different rolling and pipe-tobacco cuts, this Saturday’s one concentrates the changes in eight references of cigarettes sold by the unit, a Cohiba container, and four presentations of pipe tobacco cut. The new quantities will remain in force until, if applicable, another resolution is published that modifies the prices of these references.