Where can travelers buy genuine cigarettes at a reasonable price in Sharm El Sheikh?

Another participant explained in late August 2026 that you can visit the duty-free shop on arrival and for two more days with your passport. Even there, in his experience, the choice is not great: a carton of Winston cost US$11, and he was very unhappy with the quality. Price-wise, a pack works out much cheaper than at home.

From local sellers the same traveler bought Karelia Blue, made in Greece, at EGP 50–60 per pack in August 2026. He noted, however, that good cigarettes are hard to find in Sharm, just like good hookah tobacco.

In August 2026 a traveler recommended visiting the duty-free shop within the first two days after arrival, where, in her words, the cigarettes are decent. She bought a carton for €8 — originally as a souvenir because of the pack labels — but the cigarettes turned out to be quite good. She allowed that it may have been a promotion.

Many suggest bringing your usual cigarettes from home. In August 2026 a participant who ran out of his own bought a pack locally and described the local cigarettes as awful. Another once paid a dollar for a single cigarette of an unknown brand because he could not get to a shop — buying single cigarettes from random sellers works out very expensive.

At the Naama Bay market, as one traveler recalled in early August 2026, the cigarette range is wide, but the brands feel like they are from the 1990s — there was even Lucky Strike. He also bought heated tobacco sticks there.