{
  "id": 328143,
  "title": "French MP proposes cigarette tax to cover cost of wildfires",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/french-mp-proposes-cigarette-tax-to-cover-cost-of-wildfires",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T12:28:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local France",
    "slug": "the-local-france",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.fr/20260806/french-mp-proposes-cigarette-tax-to-cover-cost-of-wildfires"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A French MP has announced his intention to propose a new law to tax tobacco companies to pay for the cost of fighting France's increasing wildfires - his reasoning being that many fires are started accidentally by carelessly dropped cigarette butts.",
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        "outlet": "The Local France",
        "title": "French MP proposes cigarette tax to cover cost of wildfires",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/french-mp-proposes-cigarette-tax-to-cover-cost-of-wildfires-328784",
        "published": "2026-08-06T12:28:18.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}