Tobacco Control in Ukraine: Priorities and Next Steps

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Tobacco Control in UkrainePriorities and Next
Steps

• 11 November 2004
• Kiev, Ukraine
• Open Society Institute
• in collaboration with
• International Renaissance Foundation Kyiv
• Open Society Fund - Lithuania

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Basic data on tobacco in Ukraine

• Adult smoking prevalence, daily
• Male 58, female 14 (ADIC, 2001)
• No reliable government data available
• Premature deaths from tobacco
• 100,000 a year (Peto, 2000)
• Majority of Ukrainian smokers want to quit
• 65 of smokers want to quit (ADIC, 2001)

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Basic data on tobacco in Ukraine

• Government tax revenue from tobacco
• 830m UAH or 160m USD (State Tax Administration,
  2003)
• No tax on tobacco until 1993
• Price and tax per pack of 20 cigarettes
• 2.2 UAH or 0.4 USD price per pack
• Tax is 32 of the price

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Basic data on tobacco in Ukraine

• Smuggling of tobacco out of Ukraine is much
  higher than smuggling of tobacco into Ukraine
• 20b cigarettes excess in 2003
• Around 5,500 people are employed in tobacco
  industry in Ukraine (State Statistics Committee,
  2002)