Crackdown on smoking: Putin signs radical anti-tobacco bill into law

Crackdown on smoking: Putin signs radical anti-tobacco bill into law

Published time: February 25, 2013 09:13

President Putin has approved the bill that will gradually outlaw smoking in most of Russia’s public places, ban tobacco advertising and impose restrictions on the sale of cigarettes.

The first of the anti-tobacco measures listed in the anti-smoking law (officially named ‘On protection of citizens’ health from tobacco smoke and the consequences of tobacco consumption’) will be introduced from June 1 this year.

The measures will ban indoor smoking at state agencies, educational, medical, sports and cultural organizations and at all workplaces. Smoking will be banned at railway stations and at public transport stops and also within 15 meters of them. The new law also bans smoking at public beaches and in community parks and, perhaps most controversially for Russia, in the stairwells of apartment blocks.

An important part of the law is the ban on any advertising of tobacco products as well as on sponsoring of any tobacco-related events. Cigarettes will not be promoted even in shops as it is forbidden to openly display cigarette packs - sellers can only show their customers the pricelists.

Some measures are postponed for another year and will only come in force on June 1, 2014. These are the ban on smoking on long haul trains and ships at sea, in hotels, restaurants, canteens and bars and on suburban platforms of commuter trains.

Also from summer 2014, Russia will regulate the depiction of smoking on television and in the cinema – this will only be allowed if smoking is an inseparable part of the character’s image.

Earlier in February the State Duma reported that it had started to work on amendments to the administrative code that would detail the fines for illegal smoking and for illegal tobacco advertising.

The anti-tobacco bill is a part of Russia’s obligations within the framework of the anti-tobacco convention introduced by the World Health Organization (WHO) and ratified by the Russian Federation in 2008.

FULL STORY: http://rt.com/politics/putin-signs-radical-anti-smoking-bill-into-l...

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Comment by DTOM on February 27, 2013 at 11:59am

No mahorka for you!

Comment by Ragnarok on February 27, 2013 at 11:18am

Putin is also a hardcore capitalist and doesnt give a PHOOK about anyone.

Comment by Maria De Wind on February 27, 2013 at 10:52am

This has been in the making for quite some time, Vladimir wants Russia to be "European" so much ...

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