The Russian Ministry of Health, as part of its new public tobacco control strategy, published on its website, proposes to ban e-cigarettes and hookahs in cafes and to limit smoking in community apartments and personal vehicles.
NUMEROUS PROHIBITIONS COMING SOON!
The project has been sent to the government for validation. The smoking ban in Russia could be extended to include community apartments, all public transport, public transport stops within a radius of three meters, shopping center entrances, underground and surface crosswalks, as well as personal vehicles in the presence of children.
The ministry is also proposing to ban electronic cigarettes and hookahs in cafes and restaurants. Could be banned, again, any advertising of tobacco in films, and even showing a character who smokes in productions subsidized by public funds. Finally, the ministry's strategy plans to ban all additions to tobacco likely to increase dependence, as well as to increase tobacco taxes from 41% to 70%.
The Russian Ministry of Health's anti-smoking strategies are part of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which entered into force in 2005 at the initiative of the World Health Organization. The previous strategy (2010-2015) had reduced the percentage of smokers in Russia from 39% to 31%. The current initiative aims to reach only 25% of smokers by 2022. According to the authors of the strategy, diseases caused by smoking kill 6 million people each year worldwide, and 400 in Russia.
Source : Lecourrierderussie.com/
