KIEV, March 26 – The Ukrainian government has decided effective May 1 to introduce new excise labels on alcohol and tobacco and increase their price by 2.6 times.

This is stipulated in cabinet resolution No. 188 of March 13.

According to the document, the price of an excise label for alcohol will be UAH 0.27 per label instead of UAH 0.103, and that for tobacco – UAH 0.142 instead of UAH 0.055.