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How the Tobacco Industry Turned Point-of-Sale into a Marketing Tool
Children who see tobacco products in retail environments face a 64% higher risk of developing a nicotine addiction. However, this is precisely what the tobacco…
Illegal Nicotine Advertising: The National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting Has Issued Orders to Media Outlets
The National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting ruled that the placing of content bearing signs of promoting nicotine snus (pouches) on Ukrainian media websites…
Why Ukraine Is Not Adopting European Anti-Tobacco Standards. Presentation of the 2025 Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index
On June 30, 2026, the Advocacy Center “Life”, in partnership with the NGO “Detector Media” and the European Hub, held a press breakfast titled “Why…
Protecting Children And Young People From Nicotine is a Priority For Ukraine’s European Integration
On May 25, 2026, NGO “Life”, the World Health Organization, National Interests Advocacy Network ANTS, and NGO “European Hub” held a panel discussion titled “Protecting…
Smoking Rates Decline in Ukraine as Public Support for Anti-Tobacco Legislation Surges – Survey Results
Advocacy Center “Life”, in collaboration with the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, presented the results of a survey regarding the use of and attitudes toward…
How the Tobacco Industry Undermines the Protection of Public Health Through Front Groups
To advance its commercial interests, the tobacco industry uses a wide range of tactics, one of which is the so-called third party technique. This…
Record Budget Revenues: How Effective Tobacco Taxation Strengthens the Budget and Saves Lives
On 5 February 2026, in the press hall of the Ukrinform news agency, Advocacy Center “Life” held a press conference dedicated to the outcomes of…
How the Tobacco Industry Interferes in Health Policy-Making in Ukraine: The Tactic of Regulatory Spam
Any legislative initiative aimed at protecting public health from tobacco and nicotine inevitably encounters resistance from the tobacco industry, whose goal is to sell tobacco…
The Threat of Introducing Incentives for Tobacco Cultivation in Ukraine
Over the past decades, Ukraine has managed to almost completely abandon tobacco cultivation, replacing it with economically valuable and safer crops. This has helped reduce…