465The state budget of Ukraine received unprecedented revenues of UAH 33.2 bln (the US $1.2 bln) from tobacco taxes at the national level in 2016. These…
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Ukraine: tobacco taxes hiked by 40% to decrease tobacco consumption and increase budget revenues
On December 20, 2016 Ukrainian parliament supported the amendments to the Tax Code that increase the specific tobacco tax by 40% starting January 01, 2017.…
Big Tobacco Tiny Targets: Tobacco Industry is Marketing Deadly Product to Kids in Ukraine
On October 26 2016, Advocacy Center LIFE conducted a press conference to expose tobacco industry’s marketing tactics targeting children. The press conference was conducted in the Ukrainian…
Research Note: Tobacco Taxation in Ukraine
The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (Article 352) envisions cooperation in fighting illicit excise goods, which includes, inter alia, “gradual approximation of excise rates for tobacco products”. The…
Ukrainian Parliament praised the implementation of WHO FCTC that saved thousands of lives
April 13, 2016. Members of Ukrainian Parliament adopted the Declaration of the 10th anniversary of WHO FCTC ratification by Ukraine. Ukraine has considerably improved its tobacco…
Declaration of Ukrainian Parliament on the occasion of 10 years since Ukraine ratified WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
On March 2006 Ukraine ratified WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), first obliging global health treaty. It is difficult to overestimate the meaning of…
Ukrainian MPs remind that the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control saves lives
March 15, 2016. Members of Parliament Oleg Musii, Olga Bohomolets, Hanna Hopko and National Officer of the WHO Country Office in Ukraine Natalia Korol held a…
Ukraine is raising tobacco taxes by 40%
On December 24 Ukrainian Parliament voted for 40% of tobacco excise tax increase for all types of tobacco products. This was the result of nearly…
Two years without smoke: 89% of Ukrainian restaurants fulfill law under conditions of consumer protection absence
The activists, experts and restaurateurs presented results of a nationwide public monitoring of cafes, bars and restaurants in Kyiv and 19 other Ukrainian cities in…
Health Ministry supports anti-smoking law
Ukraine’s Ministry of Health has supported bill No. 2820 on amendments to some laws of Ukraine on the protection of public health from the harmful…