According to Itar-Tass reported on the 18th, the same day, the Russian government to consider the draft submitted by the Russian Ministry of Health on banning smoking in public ".
This Bill requires primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, and government buildings in children's activities, a total ban on smoking, the future will also prohibit smoking in cafes, restaurants, bars and other places. According to the draft, Russia's future will be a substantial increase in cigarette sales tax, prohibiting FREE cigarettes and sell at a discount cigarette and tobacco advertisements are not allowed in any print media. Is expected that the draft will be submitted to the State Duma to consider early November.
Some people complain that this new bill, the equivalent of the Ministry of Health to allow small shops closed fail "answer", Sergei Miri Wang Jin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Health, said: "If small business is the sale of alcohol and tobacco, then this small business should not exist and we support small and medium-sized industries, but they should be selling other merchandise. say small shops smoking ban to 2016, they still have time. "
Russian people held mixed views of the draft. Accounted for the majority of supporters was lamenting that the government "has finally dry down to business. They think that the new draft was very good for non-smokers, the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was the right decision. Some people are worried about the "smoking is prohibited in public places, but the ban on sales of small traders may hurt lower vulnerable workers. According to relevant survey, 60.2% of men and 21.7% of women smoking in Russia.
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