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Ukraine increases tobacco excise taxes by 25%
Recently Ukrainian parliament voted for 25% of tobacco excise tax increase for all types of tobacco products. Lately on March 30 the draft law was…
Marlboro marketing campaign aimed at young people, anti-tobacco report says
Marlboro cigarette maker Philip Morris ‘breaching its ethical code’ with adverts that try to ‘persuade the young to smoke’. Anti-tobacco campaigners published a report accusing Philip…
Tobacco Industry Interference Index – ASEAN Report
The tobacco industry works to defeat, dilute, and delay effective tobacco control measures. Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)1 is…
Surgeon General report says 5.6 million U.S. children will die unless current smoking rates drop
Approximately 5.6 million American children alive today – or one out of every 13 children under age 18 – will die prematurely from smoking-related diseases…
War on tobacco far from won
New figures from the Seattle-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation show smoking rates have dropped in 30 years but the actual numbers of people…
The results of the nationwide monitoring prove smoke free legislation efficiency
Regional Advocacy Center “Life” and Smoke Free Ukraine Coalition presented the results of a nationwide public monitoring of the smoke free law implementation. The comprehensive…
Delaying tobacco excise taxes incensement would cost lives: international experts summed up the second WHO Eurasia Tobacco Tax Working Group
During September 23-26, the second Eurasia Tobacco Tax Working Group meeting was held in Kyiv, Ukraine. During this meeting, Government officials from the Ministries of Finance,…
“National governments can curb NCDs and raise significant revenue by taxing tobacco heavily – the Lancet Commission”
A new report released by the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health titled Global Health 2035: A World Converging within a Generation outlines a new pro-poor health investment plan to…
Smoking ban in public places saves lives
Since December 16, 2012 Ukrainians have been living with smoke free legislation: smoking is banned in all public and working places, including cafes, bars and…