# SEITA

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French state-owned tobacco monopoly

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**SEITA** (*Société d'exploitation industrielle des tabacs et des allumettes*), was the former [French](/source/France) state-owned [tobacco](/source/Tobacco) [monopoly](/source/Monopoly). Cigarette brands included [Gauloises](/source/Gauloises) and [Gitanes](/source/Gitanes), both created in 1910. By 1999, it had become a private French company.[1] It merged in 1999 with its [Spanish](/source/Spain) equivalent, [Tabacalera](/source/Tabacalera), to form [Altadis](/source/Altadis) and was subject to a competition merger review by the [European Commission](/source/European_Commission).[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-q382_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-q382_1-1) ["Case No COMP/M. 1735 - SEITA/TABACALERA"](https://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m1735_en.pdf) (PDF). EU Commission. Retrieved 2026-02-06.

## See also

- [Smoking in France](/source/Smoking_in_France)

- [Musée-Galerie de la Seita](/source/Mus%C3%A9e-Galerie_de_la_Seita), a museum of tobacco-related objects

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