Highlights
Europe takes stock of tobacco control successes and challenges at triannual conference
21 May 2026
Our researchers Nora Kungl and Kristijan Fidanovski participated at the European Conference on Tobacco or Health (ECToH) from May 20-22 in Milan with a poster presentation on the demand elasticities of cigarette consumption and a paper presentation on the Marlboro indices of cigarette affordability.
Towards a strong Tobacco Tax Directive
Consultations with EU-wide policymakers and researchers
18 March 2026
On March 18 and 19, wiiw-HEPA attended closed-door consultations in Brussels on the proposed revisions to the Tobacco Tax Directive. The event, organized by the Smokefree Partnership for dozens of policymakers and researchers, included presentations from wiiw-HEPA’s Bulgarian and Polish grantees.
Two new policy notes published
Romania’s excise tax policy and Marlboro indices
13 October 2025
A modelling study demonstrates the missed opportunity to adopt pro-health tobacco tax policy in Romania, while our newly developed Marlboro indices show higher cigarette affordability in the South and East of Europe.