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Pakistan’s Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations issued, on 19 December 2017, its order requiring an increase in the size of pictorial health warnings on cigarette packaging to 50%. The order was published in the National Gazette on 28 and 29 December 2017 (see attached).
he increased size warnings are to be implemented from 1 June 2018. According to the order, the size of warnings will further increase to 60% coverage in 2019. Currently cigarette packets feature pictorial warnings depicting mouth and throat cancer on 40% of their main surface areas.
The Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has established eight Knowledge Hubs worldwide, to support Parties to implement the Convention. The Economics of Tobacco Control Project (now the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products (REEP)), based at the University of Cape Town (UCT), was asked to host a Knowledge Hub (KH) on Tobacco Taxation and Illicit Trade (Articles 6 and 15 of the WHO FCTC).
On 7 November 2017, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the draft law № 6776-д “On amendments to the Tax Code concerning balancing of the budget revenues in 2018”. This law, among the other changes, outlines a 7-year plan (2018-2024) for increasing tobacco taxes. The law was transferred to the President’s office for signature.
The text of the law is available at: http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=62878.