Kiev International Institute of Sociology at the request of the Ukrainian Center for Tobacco Control and NGO Advocacy Center LIFE at December 2015 has performed a nationwide survey (omnibus) with questions about smoking, smoking cessation, smoking intensity, smoking in public places and at workplaces and perception of tobacco products’ promotion (see Annex A to review the list of questions included in the survey in 2015). The most recent similar surveys were conducted by KIIS in February 2013 and October 2014.

Vast majority of Ukrainians support the idea of joining the European Union. According to data of research conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, if referendum on whether Ukraine needs to join EU had taken place in December, 2015, 53% of Ukrainians would have voted for Ukraine joining the EU, 23% would have been against, 24% have not decided yet or would not have participated in voting.

The poll in December, 2015 showed that half of the population (50%) trusts sociological organizations that have been working for a long time already, 10% do not trust sociological organizations, others do not think about it. Trust-mistrust rate for sociological surveys and trust-mistrust balance (percentage of those, who trust, minus percentage of those, who mistrust, equals +40%) is almost the same as it was in 2014.

The greatest trust Ukrainians have in volunteers and the Church. While 45% of Ukrainians trust Armed Forces of Ukraine, third of Ukrainians do not.

According to the latest KIIS survey 64% of participants have been going through some stressful situation in the last year. This percentage is not much bigger than it was in 2014 (62%) but it has grown significantly comparing to 2013 (49%). Also growth was observed in the amount of people who were through the serious illness of a significant other (from 9,9% in 2014 to 14,3% in 2015), and people who suffered serious illness and had surgery (from 7,2% in 2014 to 11,3% in 2015). Amount of those people who were in situations of shelling and bombing decreased in 2015 (from 7% in 2014 to 6%) although difference is not very significant.