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MPs have raised the price of cigarettes
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (GST)

Increased excise tax would almost 4 billion UAH in the budget. Voted Rada adopted amendments to the law "On Amending the Law on excise duty rates on tobacco products - transfers. The Act established elevated rates of excise duty on tobacco products. There is not voted in the regional and the communists. "Those who say that are concerned about your health, they are deceiving you. This is not about health but about 3,7 billion UAH. Does the fact that the price increase, someone quit smoking? Not cast! Be smoking but at the expense of his and so a small budget ", - said communist Adam Martyniuk. At the same time, the parliamentary group "For Ukraine," confident that the increase in excise taxes on tobacco and alcohol does not lead to increased smuggling to Ukraine. This was stated in an interview with journalists from the People's Deputy of NUNS, a member of the group "For Ukraine" Kseniya Lyapina. Liapina said: "The cost of our cigarette does not exceed the cost of cigarettes in Russia, if you convert it to UAH. This means that the flow of contraband from Russia is unlikely to begin. It seems to me that it would not have such serious consequences, as now projected." Specific figures on how much more will be forced to pay the buyers of cigarettes, has not yet been reported. The Verkhovna Rada adopted the bill «On Making Amendments to the Law of Ukraine on the rates of excise duty on tobacco products on the excess revenue». As the correspondent of «proUA», the adoption of a law voted in 241 people's deputies. «Yes, the law is needed to replenish the budget, but let us when making changes to the state budget providing that 100% of the money went to health programs, treatment of cancer and cardiovascular disease, to fight tuberculosis, for prevention and treatment of AIDS, the financial support of agricultural development and road network. Exceptionally for this purpose », - said before the vote Litvin. Remember, the bill provided for increasing the ad valorem rate of excise duty on cigarettes from 16% to 20% from 1 May.