A French icon totters: country's biggest Gauloise plant may close

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A French icon totters: country's biggest Gauloise plant may close

By Guillaume Frouin NANTES, France (Reuters) - In a blow to Gallic pride, the largest Gauloise cigarette factory in France may be shut down. The dark-tobacco Gauloise - a macho smoke as evocative of France as the beret or the baguette - has already seen its best days. The last original-style Gauloise made on French soil was rolled in 2005 in Lille before production moved to Spain. Now a factory near the northwestern city of Nantes that makes "Gauloises blondes" - a lighter version of the original - is being targeted for a possible closing.

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