SEITA

{{Short description|French state-owned tobacco monopoly}} {{For|the road authority|EastLink (Melbourne)}} '''SEITA''' (''Société d'exploitation industrielle des tabacs et des allumettes''), was the former [[France|French]] state-owned [[tobacco]] [[monopoly]]. Cigarette brands included [[Gauloises]] and [[Gitanes]], both created in 1910. By 1999, it had become a private French company.<ref name="q382">{{cite web | title=Case No COMP/M. 1735 - SEITA/TABACALERA | url=https://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m1735_en.pdf |publisher=EU Commission| access-date=2026-02-06}}</ref> It merged in 1999 with its [[Spain|Spanish]] equivalent, [[Tabacalera]], to form [[Altadis]] and was subject to a competition merger review by the [[European Commission]].<ref name="q382"/>

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== See also == * [[Smoking in France]] * [[Musée-Galerie de la Seita]], a museum of tobacco-related objects

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