Russia introduces smoking ban
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June 2, 2013, Sunday
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RUSSIA'S ambitious smoking ban, which aims to cut the number of smokers in half and improve public health, went into effect yesterday, 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. But the head of Moscow police has conceded that the interior ministry has not worked out a scheme for fining people.
An estimated 44 million Russians use nicotine on a daily basis. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said last year that smoking-related diseases kill an estimated 400,000 people in Russia every year.
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. But the head of Moscow police has conceded that the interior ministry has not worked out a scheme for fining people.
An estimated 44 million Russians use nicotine on a daily basis. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said last year that smoking-related diseases kill an estimated 400,000 people in Russia every year.
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