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

Tobacco companies of France
Defunct manufacturing companies of France
Privatized companies of France
1999 mergers and acquisitions
French companies disestablished in 1999