A man buys cigarettes in downtown Kyiv on Oct. 18, 2019. The price of cigarette packs averages $2 a pack, depending on the brand. Over 10 years, according to the World Health Organization, the price for packs increased 27 times.
The Anti-Monopoly Committee (AMCU) on March 17 fined Ukraine’s largest tobacco-distribution company Tedis $9.8 million for non-compliance with the committee’s previous decision.
The previous decision was made in December 2016, when Tedis was obliged to pay a $16 million fine for abusing its monopoly position in 2013–2015, when its market share reached 99.4%. The company was also asked to restore the balance of competition in the tobacco market.
