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Here, we analyze the discourse of the tobacco industry and other key actors (public health agencies, politicians, etc.) in the French general-audience news media from 2000 to 2020 around tobacco tax increases, which is one of the most effective tobacco control measures, especially amongst youth. We queried Europresse (a European news media and specialized press database) using the keywords \u201cincrease\u201d, \u201cprice or taxes\u201d, and \u201ctobacco or cigarettes\u201d, and found 5409 topic-relevant articles, from which we extracted 8015 arguments for or against the measure. In total,64.3% were against the measure (mostly on grounds of \u201cufueling the black market\u201d), 32.1% were for the measure (mostly claiming it is \u201ceffective at reducing smoking prevalence\u201d), and 1.8% proposed alternative measures. Tobacconists, the primary source of media content on the topic, led a discourse that was strongly opposed to tax increases. Public health agencies, which attracted only half as much media attention, were strongly supportive of the measure. Analysis of discourses relayed in the French general-audience press revealed overwhelming opposition to tobacco tax increases, and this discourse was widely advanced by tobacconists. The results were congruent with international literature that had highlighted a similar set of arguments to those found in the French general press that were broadcasted by the tobacco industry and its allies (tobacconists in France) in an effort to block this evidence-based public health measure.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph192215152","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,17]],"date-time":"2022-11-17T03:12:20Z","timestamp":1668654740000},"page":"15152","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Tobacco Tax Increases: A Discourse Analysis of the French Print and Web News Media from 2000 to 2020"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Diane","family":"Geindreau","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CNRS, Inserm, Ar\u00e8nes\u2014UMR 6051, RSMS\u2014U 1309, EHESP, Universit\u00e9 de Rennes, 35000 Rennes, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Morgane","family":"Guillou-Landr\u00e9at","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Addictive Disorders Department, EA SPURBO, Universit\u00e9 de Bretagne Occidentale, 29238 Brest, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0152-4079","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karine","family":"Gallopel-Morvan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CNRS, Inserm, Ar\u00e8nes\u2014UMR 6051, RSMS\u2014U 1309, EHESP, Universit\u00e9 de Rennes, 35000 Rennes, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1223","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(20)30752-2","article-title":"Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990\u20132019: A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019","volume":"396","author":"Murray","year":"2020","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"(2005). 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