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Tobacco taxation in Eastern Europe 2025-2026
Client/Funding Institution
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Abstract
The project is a continuation of the project ‘Tobacco taxation in Eastern Europe’. After establishing a regional research and service hub in Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE), network partners will continue to conduct analysis of tobacco taxation and related issues in their countries. Besides coordinating the network, wiiw directly supports capacity building in the region, in order to create local evidence and support country-level tax reforms. wiiw also aims to extend the network to further (lower-) middle-income countries (MICs) in the region.
Duration
January 2025 - December 2026
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wiiw team Leader
wiiw Staff
Corinna Covi, Kristijan Fidanovski, Mario Holzner, Biljana Jovanovikj, Nóra Kungl
Project Partners
Smoke-free Life Coalition, Institute for Economic Sciences, Institutul Aspen Romania, Institute for Structural Research (IBS), FCTC Implementation and Monitoring Center in Georgia, Marmara Innovation R&D Technology Transfer Corporation, Centre for Economic Strategy, Kyiv School of Economics, Riinvest Institute.
Publications
- Easier to afford, more likely to be smoked? Marlboro indices show higher cigarette affordability in the South and East of Europe
- Romania’s Tobacco Excise Policy in 2025: Missed opportunity ahead of the EU Tobacco Taxation Directive update
External Publications
PN 2 - Romania’s Tobacco Excise Policy in 2025: Missed opportunity ahead of the EU Tobacco Taxation Directive update
PN 3 - Easier to afford, more likely to be smoked? Marlboro indices show higher cigarette affordability in the South and East of Europe
PN 4 - Poland Case Study: Tax Increases, Raw Tobacco and Protecting Revenues
PN 5 - Tobacco Taxes in the EU: Tax Rates, Affordability and Revenues 2014-2025
PN 6 - Tobacco Taxes and Illicit Trade in the EU
RS 8 - Tobacco landscape and taxation in Romania
RS 9 - Landscape report on tobacco in Turkey: Supply, demand, and government policies and regulations
RS 10 - The tobacco market in Georgia: Landscape study
RS 11 - Patterns of nicotine use in Poland and potential policy responses
RS 12 - Effects of the legislative change to the tobacco excise tax in Ukraine
RS 13 - Prevalence and prices of tobacco and nicotine products in Ukraine based on individual survey data
RS 14 - The crowding-out effect of tobacco on consumer expenditures in Bulgaria
RS 15 - The use of heated tobacco products in Serbia
RS 16 - Youth smoking initiation in CESEE: A comparative analysis of 10 selected countries
RS 17 - Institutional and policy challenges in advancing tobacco control in Kosovo
Related News
- Bulgaria: Lowest cigarette prices and highest smoking rates in the EU (17 June 2025)
- wiiw-led Tobacco Taxation Network introduces new focus areas at biannual workshop (14 May 2025)
Countries covered: Bulgaria, Georgia, Kosovo, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine
Research Areas: Other