February 2018. Health and cost impacts of tobacco taxation in the Ukraine

The UKHF modelled the long-term health and cost impacts of reducing smoking prevalence through tobacco taxation in Ukraine for the World Bank. The model estimated that by 2035 the specified tax increase would result in the avoidance of 126,730 new cases of smoking-related disease and 29,172 premature deaths. These reductions in disease and death will avoid 1.5 billion UAH in healthcare and 16.5 billion UAH in premature mortality costs. Our research showed that tobacco taxation would deliver substantial progress towards a tobacco-free society and should be implemented by the UK Government with urgency.

The report can be accessed here.

The presentation for this project can be accessed here.