Rating Group presents the results of a study on the consumption of tobacco products by the population in selected cities of Ukraine.

MAIN RESULTS:

• According to the survey conducted in Ukrainian cities (Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, and Dnipro), cigarettes remain the most common first product of regular use.
• The prevalence of tobacco and nicotine product consumption in Ukraine is 33% among the adult population of the surveyed cities; 25% of respondents smoke cigarettes, 8% smoke other combustible tobacco products (such as cigars, cigarillos, pipes, hookah), 7% use heated tobacco systems (IQOS, glo), 1% smoke electronic cigarettes, and only 0.3% use smokeless (chewing) tobacco.
• In most cases (88%), the first product of regular nicotine consumption is cigarettes. 5% of smokers started with other combustible tobacco products, only 0.5% had heated tobacco systems as their first product (IQOS – 0.4%, glo – 0.1%), 0.4% started with electronic cigarettes, and 0.3% began with smokeless tobacco.