A Ukraine tobacco control group is exposing Big Tobacco’s tactics for getting kids hooked.
http://www.fctc.org/fca-news/opinion-pieces/1455-big-tobacco-hooking-kids-in-ukraine
Ukraine recently joined the global campaign Big Tobacco Tiny Targets through research led by the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the NGO, Advocacy Center LIFE.
During the research 102 schools were monitored within a 250-metre radius.
The research found:
- 81 percent (376 out of 460 points of sale) of supermarkets, convenience stores and kiosks sold tobacco products;
- 96 percent of these used aggressive marketing displays, putting tobacco products in or near the cashier zone and next to sweets and snacks where children could easily see them;
- 55 percent were advertising tobacco to kids with oversized packs, illuminated advertisements and flavoured cigarette promotions.
Advocacy Center LIFE Chairman Andriy Skipalskyi said Ukraine had made tremendous progress implementing different tobacco control measures, but more needs to be done concerning children and tobacco.
“Our next step is to limit the tobacco accessibility particularly for children. Hence, the adoption of the display ban and implementation of Articles 9, 10, 11, and Guidelines, of the WHO FCTC into Ukrainian legislation are crucial for countering the tobacco industry marketing of deadly products to children.”
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