KYIV, Oct 21 – The share of the illegal cigarette market in Ukraine as of August 2020 increased to 6.9% compared to 6.6% in 2019, CEO of the tobacco company JTI Ukraine Paul Holloway has said, citing a Kantar study.

"This means that in the first eight months of this year, the national budget received UAH 4.5 billion less," he said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.