"They do not smoke it ..."

Once at the press conference, financial director of one of the tobacco companies asked whether she smokes. The woman answered honestly: "No". They say that candor has cost her job.
Nevertheless, according to Konstantin Krasovskii, a member of the international office of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Ukrainian tycoons tobacco smoke, only one, and he wanted to quit. And in Canada, the most effective advertising action against smoking were billboards showing two groomed respectable men in expensive suits. Under the image text: "We do not smoke this city we sell it."
In Ukraine, do not smoke Viktor Yushchenko, Viktor Yanukovych, Yulia Tymoshenko. Can not quit Anatoliy Gritsenko. Dared to appear in public with a cigarette except that Victor Pinzenyk. He spoke about addictions Taras Chornovil. General, even those policies that smoking habit did not advertise cigarettes hidden.
Interesting story befallen with the mayor of the capital. If you remember when he got in his official office, previously occupied by A. Omelchenko, there were many complaints that there is smoky, littered cigarette butts, burnt through the floor, etc. The public was in full confidence that L. Chernovetskiy - opponent of smoking. Alas, the time off the mask.
During the next mayoral run, at which the latter showed a healthy lifestyle, and journalists were running after him with cameras, security guards asked to turn off the equipment for 5 minutes. To the mayor a smoke ...
Do not smoke Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, Ani Lorak, the group leader Tartak Alexander Polozhinsky, Alena Vinnytsia, Gaytana, Paul Zibrov, Ivo Bobul, Vitaly Kozlovsky, Viktor Pavlik and many others. Manifesto of Ukrainians against smoking sign Yana Klochkova, Bogdan Benyuk, Vladimir Bystryakov, Vladimir Goryansky, Victoria Gres, Lilia Podkopayeva, Yuri Nuzhnenko - more than a hundred well-known and successful Ukrainians.
Fashion yesterday
Ukraine is ranked seventh from the bottom of the prevalence of smoking among 132 countries. We smoked two-thirds of men - 67%, and one woman - 20%. In general, it is more than 15 million people. So much as we do in the United States and Canada smoked in the 60's.
In Japan in the 60 years of smoking 49% of the population, now - 26%. In the U.S., smoking 20%, Canada - 15%, while in 1963, smokers were 49%.
Nevertheless, sociologists have noted a tendency to reduce the spread of this harmful habit, even in our country. Reduce the number of smokers from 42 to 20% is quite real, believe in the "coalition of public organizations and initiatives for smoke-free Ukraine." After all, they say, in public institutions in Ukraine there is no one person who would deal exclusively with anti-smoking. Нет ни одного специализированного государственного центра или программы в помощь тем, кто хочет бросить курить.
Nevertheless, among virtually all of my friends have already abandoned. But before the Ukrainian heartland harmful fashion just comes. We have smoke in the villages of women. Even though the fact that such behavior there are still condemned. And the first thing that studying girls, who came to Kiev - smoking. Unfortunately, this is virtually all that they took from civilization, without learning any right to speak, not imbued with the culture, not understanding and not accepting the urban lifestyle.
In general, if a person smokchet one cigarette after another, there is a suspicion that he had no problem with smoking, but, rather, with his head. An experienced therapist was able to explain the reasons and switch to something less harmful.
Who - harm and to whom - the income
Today, Ukraine is working 4 major international tobacco companies - American, two US-British and one Japanese. They control 99% of the market and produce almost the entire range of the cigarette.
Prices in Ukraine are lower than in neighboring countries, making our products are often being taken abroad. Recently, increased excise duty, which was immediately transferred to the smokers.
The cost of a pack of cigarettes on average 6 grn., While the cost, including costs of sale, advertising, etc., is 3 UAH.
As a result of coming into our market (as well as other countries of the former USSR), foreign tobacco companies in the period of political and economic instability, we were most vulnerable to such a powerful industry. In the 90 years, tobacco companies were the top three advertisers. Now due to its investments and they have a unique opportunity for political influence.
Fight against smoking in Ukraine is extremely difficult, said Boris Krasovskii. Anti enormous. Nevertheless, he hoped that the Ukrainians are mostly quit. Because now it's a habit not only harmful, but expensive.