Russia starts ambitious smoking ban http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Health/2013/06/01/Russia_starts_ambitious_smoking_ban_876624.html 01 Jun 2013 - 07:32pm Russia's ambitious smoking ban, which aims to cut the number of smokers in half, has gone into effect.
Russia's ambitious smoking ban, which aims to cut the number of smokers in half and improve public health, has gone into effect amid doubts that its measures can be fully enforced.
The first stage of the so-called anti-tobacco ban makes it illegal to smoke on buses, trams and other municipal transport, at railway stations and airports, on lifts and bus stations, near metro and rail stations, in administrative buildings and at education and health facilities.
From June 1, 2014, the ban will be stepped up to also include ships, long-distance trains, train platforms, hotels, cafes and restaurants - places where Russians still smoke plentifully.
Cigarette advertising and sales will also be curbed significantly.
An estimated 44 million Russians use nicotine on a daily basis.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said last year that smoking-related diseases killed an estimated 400,000 people in Russia every year, and that increasingly younger people were picking up the habit.
Russia starts ambitious smoking ban
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Health/2013/06/01/Russia_starts_ambitious_smoking_ban_876624.html 01 Jun 2013 - 07:32pm
Russia's ambitious smoking ban, which aims to cut the number of smokers in half, has gone into effect.
Russia's ambitious smoking ban, which aims to cut the number of smokers in half and improve public health, has gone into effect amid doubts that its measures can be fully enforced.
The first stage of the so-called anti-tobacco ban makes it illegal to smoke on buses, trams and other municipal transport, at railway stations and airports, on lifts and bus stations, near metro and rail stations, in administrative buildings and at education and health facilities.
From June 1, 2014, the ban will be stepped up to also include ships, long-distance trains, train platforms, hotels, cafes and restaurants - places where Russians still smoke plentifully.
Cigarette advertising and sales will also be curbed significantly.
An estimated 44 million Russians use nicotine on a daily basis.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said last year that smoking-related diseases killed an estimated 400,000 people in Russia every year, and that increasingly younger people were picking up the habit.