International tobacco companies fund Russia’s war against Ukraine
During the three weeks of Russian large-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 200 international companies have left the market of the aggressor country, as they…
Ukraine has toughened anti-tobacco legislation
Ukraine’s President on January 6 signed a sweeping new tobacco control law, 1978-IX that will save lives and protect millions of Ukrainians from the deadly…
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POSSIBILITIES AND NEEDS OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF TRANS FATS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY IN UKRAINE DISCUSSED AT A ROUND TABLE
On November 25, 2021, the Public Health Center and the NGO “LIFE” held a round table on “Reducing the consumption of trans fats and legislative…
Do Ukrainians know about the risks of consuming trans fats? Survey findings.
On Thursday, October 21, at the Ukrinform news agency, the NGO Advocacy Center “Life” and Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine…
How do information campaigns change the attitude of the youth towards the usage of electronic smoking devices?
Information campaigns are an effective tool to warn young people about the dangers of electronic smoking devices KIIS research. On March 31, 2021, a…
State budget revenues from excise duties on HTPs for 4 months of 2021 exceeded revenues for the entire period of 2020
In 2020, at the initiative of the MP of Ukraine Danylo Hetmantsev, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted Law №466-IX. This law harmonized the excise tax…
The youth underrates the real danger of electronic smoking devices. The research of KIIS.
On March 31, 2021, the NGO “Life” presented the results of a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on the…
Joining forces to strengthen anti-tobacco legislation in Ukraine: 15 years of the WHO FCTC in Ukraine
March 24, 2021, the Committee on Public Health, Medical Assistance and Medical Insurance of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, has organized a round table in…
STATEMENT: Ukrainian authorities want to donate UAH 3 billion from the State Budget to a tobacco company in 2021
NGO “Life” declares inadmissibility of creating tax preferences for tobacco company Philip Morris International by reducing the excise tax on tobacco products heating (ESD), which…