- 22:09 07/05/2013
As Moscow gets ready to start implementing a nationwide ban on smoking in public places, an international public health partnership between the US and Russia has produced a comprehensive set of smoking cessation principles to be introduced next week to health professionals and government officials across Russia.
- 14:40 24/04/2013
New legislation banning smoking in public places could save up to 200,000 lives annually in Russia, which has some of the highest rates of smoking in the world, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
- 14:39 25/02/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a ban on smoking in public places, the Kremlin website said on Monday.
- 19:57 20/02/2013
A new poll released Wednesday said that 80 percent of Russians support the government’s move to impose a complete ban on smoking in public places, a significant increase from a November poll by a different organization that showed only between 18 and 31 percent support. The reasons for the difference were not immediately clear.
- 15:08 20/02/2013
Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, approved a bill on Wednesday banning smoking in public places.
- 18:29 12/02/2013
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, on Tuesday approved a bill banning smoking in public places in its third and final reading.
- 18:06 04/02/2013
Some 35 percent of Russians support an initiative to introduce a 3,000 ruble ($100) fine for smoking in public places, an opinion poll by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) published on Monday found.
- 19:48 25/01/2013
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, approved a ban on smoking in public places in a crucial second reading on Friday.
- 17:54 24/01/2013
The State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, is to consider an anti-smoking bill in its second reading on January 25.
- 17:34 17/01/2013
Most Russians do not support the government’s move to impose a complete ban on smoking in public places and believe the emphasis should be on helping smokers quit, a pollster said on Thursday.
- 17:20 16/01/2013
Under the new bill restricting smoking, Russians will have to pay a $100 (3,000 ruble) fine for smoking in public places.
- 07:26 11/01/2013
Russian lawmakers proposed additions to anti-smoking bill, in particular to ban the so-called smoking rooms at work places and prohibit showing cigarettes on television and in films, Izvestia daily reported on Friday.
- 16:46 14/11/2012
The new anti-tobacco bill would limit the sale of cigarettes in Russia and ban the display of tobacco products, as well as outlaw depictions of smoking in media content aimed at children. The bill would also raise duties on tobacco products for producers.
- 05:52 26/10/2012 WASHINGTON, October 26, (RIA Novosti)
Teens may not be able to buy cigarettes legally, but they can virtually light up and virtually smoke away with the help of dozens of free mobile apps that researchers say may encourage the real thing.
- 15:11 25/10/2012
Public places where smoking is prohibited or permitted in EU
- 12:45 23/10/2012 MOSCOW, October 23 (RIA Novosti)
Members of the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, lashed out at chief health inspector Gennady Onishchenko, who threatened to initiate house dissolution proceedings if it watered down the draft antismoking law.
- 19:08 18/10/2012 MOSCOW, October 18 (Dan Peleschuk, RIA Novosti)
The Cabinet of Ministers’ unanimous approval Thursday of a controversial anti-smoking bill was the latest salvo in the debate over how to tackle Russia’s tobacco addiction.
- 13:27 18/10/2012 MOSCOW, October 18 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian government unanimously backed a ban on smoking in public places on Thursday.
- 08:30 16/10/2012 MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti)
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has urged Russian nationals to support the fight against smoking as a smoking ban bill is being considered by the government.
- 19:29 12/07/2012
What will happen to your body if you give up smoking right now.
- 16:05 01/06/2012 KIEV, June 1 (RIA Novosti)
Ukrainan President Viktor Yanukovich Friday signed into law a bill banning smoking and tobacco advertising at Euro 2012 stadiums.
- 11:09 21/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's Health Ministry has submitted a draft law to parliament banning the open sale of cigarettes and smoking in public places, in a bid to cut deaths in the world's largest smoking nation.
- 14:42 11/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 11 (RIA Novosti)
Grim graphic images depicting the impact of smoking on human health will appear on all cigarette packs in Russia starting in May 2013, the Health and Social Development Ministry said on Friday.
- 14:35 05/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow authorities plan to ban smoking in restaurants and pubs by 2014 and increase penalties for drinking alcohol in public places, according to a draft plan published on the website of the city's department of economic policy and development.
- 17:19 20/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 20 (RIA Novosti)
Russia is due to ban smoking in all enclosed spaces in an effort to stamp out a habit which kills up to 500,000 people every year, the Health Ministry has said.
- 21:58 03/04/2012 Weekly column by Svetlana Kolchik
I can’t believe this is actually happening. A long-awaited bill meant to make the smoker's life a nightmare is finally under review in the Russian parliament!
- 17:55 29/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 29 (RIA Novosti)
A bill significantly tightening the rules for smoking in public places will be submitted to the Russian parliament this week, the Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily said on Thursday.
- 14:16 09/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti)
Lawmakers from St. Petersburg have submitted to the State Duma a bill banning hookah smoking in public, the official website of the parliament's lower chamber said on Wednesday.
- 16:37 16/08/2011 RIA Novosti economics commentator Maria Selivanova
By the end of the year, the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development will submit a bill to the State Duma that could introduce serious complications into the lives of Russian smokers
- 15:22 09/11/2010
Russia has more smokers than any other country according to a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report, presented to the Russian health ministry on Tuesday.
- 18:48 01/10/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved on Friday a national anti-smoking program that aims to slash the number of smokers in Russia to a quarter of the population.
- 15:59 14/01/2010
Russia has put a number of popular smoking herbs on a list of controlled substances, the government website reported Thursday.
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