
09:00 - 10:00 - Registration
09:30 - 10:00 - Briefing with media
10:00 - 10:15 - Opening of the conference
- Welcome from the World Health Organization Office in Bulgaria
- Svetlana Yordanova - Deputy Minister of Health
- Prof. Dr. Tatyana Hubenova - President of the Union of Economists in Bulgaria
- Dr. Gergana Geshanova - President of Smoke Free Life Coalition
10:15 - 12:30 Reports presentations
- The Effects of Increasing the Excise Duty on Tobacco Products in Bulgaria - Assoc. Prof. Ognian Buyukliev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Economic Research
- Tobacco taxation policy in Bulgaria in 2009-2010 - a great success which is perceived as a failure’ - Dr. Konstantin Krasovsky, WHO Consultant on Tax and Excise Policies on Tobacco and Related Products
- Excise duty on tobacco and related products - for better health for European citizens - Nicoleta Arnaudova, senior expert at Smoke Free Partnership, Brussels
- Specific Models in the Economy of Smoking in Bulgaria - Dimitar Sabev, Economist, Analyst
- Illicit Trade Protocol - Dr. Masha Gavrailova, Senior Expert at the Smoke Free Life Coalition
12:30-13:30 Discussion
13:30 Closing conference and cocktail

The conference is organised with the support of the World Health Organization Office in Bulgaria and the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases.