942On Thursday, October 21, at the Ukrinform news agency, the NGO Advocacy Center “Life” and Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine…
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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…
Annual tobacco tax increase leads to a significant rise of revenues in Ukraine
NGO “Life” analyzed the results of revenues to the State Budget of Ukraine from excise duties on tobacco products in 2020. According to the…
The 2020 Golden Scythe Awards: who are the biggest lobbyists of tobacco companies?
Infographics – https://center-life.org/zolota-kosa-2020/en/ On December 15, Life launched the Golden Scythe Award for tobacco lobbyists within the Parliament and the Golden Brake Award for government…
UKRAINE INCREASED TAXES ON HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES
To prevent the growing uptake of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) by young people and reduce the products’ affordability, the Parliament of Ukraine…
Why is Ukraine behind the curve in the fight against tobacco lobbying?
On November 30, the NGO “Life” conducted a presentation of the second Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index in Healthcare Policy. According to this Index Ukraine…