SEITA
SEITA (Société d'exploitation industrielle des tabacs et des allumettes), was the former French state-owned tobacco monopoly. Cigarette brands included Gauloises and Gitanes, both created in 1910. It merged in 1999 with its Spanish equivalent, Tabacalera, to form Altadis.
See also
- Smoking in France
- Musée-Galerie de la Seita, a museum of tobacco-related objects
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