Acceptance of the recent law about excise increase on tobacco has induced manufacturers immediately to raise the prices for some grades of cigarettes. After acceptance of the bill since November, 1st cost of cigarettes has jerked upwards. Thus, manufacturers have decided to "cover" themselves from future losses, without waiting signatures of the President. Nobody expected that Victor Yushchenko contrary to all shown belief and programs the law ветирует. Now the tobacco companies tensely deliberate: whether to reduce the prices to habitual level or to leave everything how is?
Representatives of the Coalition of public organisations «For free Ukraine from a tobacco smoke» assert that cost of some marks of cigarettes has grown consistently in September and October, 2009 though excise changes were not at this time. The tobacco companies could raise the prices since December if the law has come into force. But the risk to have in loss was great, therefore manufacturers of tobacco have decided to be reinsured at the expense of the buyers. Though, according to табачников, they do everything to protect the clients.
Manufacturers yet do not send to the uniform decision on, whether it is necessary to reduce the prices to level «дозаконного» time. The head of department of corporate communications «British Amerikan Tobakko Ukraine» Andrey Kril has informed that the price policy of the company is based on difficult calculations of purchasing capacity of the population, the excise, the cost price of raw materials and manufacture, a rate fluctuation of currencies, inflation and other. Therefore revision of the prices in connection with cancellation of increase of the excise should be made proceeding from set of parametres.
«JTI-Украина» also has caused a stir rise in prices for the production. The director for corporate questions «JTI-Украина» Dmitry Redko has informed that the unambiguous answer on a question at the company is not present. Probably that deputies will start to try to overcome the presidential veto actively.
In antimonopoly committee consider that rise in prices for tobacco products do not deserve special attention, and for investigation there are no bases. Sharp jump of the prices to one price level in the market it is noted, that is why no remarks to work табачников are present.
The tobacco companies have put themselves in awkward position. After all that production that has already been declared under the high prices, cannot be sold with reduction of price. Thus shops while can brag of decent stocks of the cigarettes bought still under the old prices.
Ministry of Defense of Russia has decided to address the elimination of harmful habits among military personnel. To do this, with the assistance of the organization «League of Nation’s Health» was developed plan, which would reduce the number of adherents of smoking in the army up to 5-10%.