The Bulgarian National Assembly has banned the use, sale and offering of smokeless and heatable tobacco products to children and youth under 18 years of age. "The next battle we have to fight together is against the use of energy drinks among..
North Macedonia claims Bulgaria doesn’t have a project for a railway line along Corridor No. 8 The construction of the railway line from Kriva Palanka in North Macedonia to Bulgaria along corridor No. 8 could lose the EU funding because of tenders..
Nearly 6.5 million illegal cigarettes were found during a customs inspection in the area of the Kulata border checkpoint between Bulgaria and Greece, reported the Appellate Prosecutor's Office in Sofia. The cigarettes were placed in 324,950 boxes..
Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted a four-year excise duty calendar for cigarettes and other tobacco products. In the next 4 years, their prices will rise gradually. The selling price of cigarettes in the premium segment will increase by 6-7..
During an operation of the General Directorate Combating Organized Crime in Plovdiv, 1,500 master boxes of cigarettes without excise labels were found in two trucks and in a warehouse near the glass factory in Plovdiv. The two trucks were stopped..
In 2019, 18.4% of the population of the EU aged 15 and over stated they smoke cigarettes daily, indicate latest data released by the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat. 12.6% of the European population state they smoke less than 20 cigarettes a day, and..
A study by the National Patients’ Organization has found out that 59% of Bulgarians between the age of 19 and 64 are smokers. Almost all respondents smoke cigarettes and very few use smokeless tobacco or e-cigarettes. According to the study, 44% of..
Bulgarian adolescents occupy the first places in terms of smoking, alcohol and cannabis use and second place in terms of early sexual life. The alarming data was recently published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its report "Spotlight..
The “Against Illegal Trading” initiative has made public the results of a survey regarding the increase in the share of smuggled cigarettes on Bulgaria’s domestic market – 6.6 percent over the fourth quarter of last year. Prime Minister..
