- 28 May 2015
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anti-smoking enthusiasts announced Thursday, before the first anniversary of the entry into force of the main part of the ban on tobacco that due to the ban in Russia 12 quit smoking months 6.4 million people. Opponents of the total smoking cessation find it totally unrealistic figure.
A member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Health of Russia Dmitry Yanin has announced that for 2014 quit smoking every seventh Russian smoker. “The law was quite successful. Falling cigarette sales (in units) for 2014 of 10.8%, a 16% reduction in smoking among the population. During 2014 6.4 million Russians to stop smoking”, – quotes agency Ioannina National News Service whose premises and co-author Janine law against smoking Duma deputy Nikolai Gerasimenko gave a press conference.
Earlier, about 16% of ex-smokers have told representatives of the Ministry of Health.
The head of the All-Russian Movement for the rights of smokers Andrei Loskutov believes that the number of drop-outs such a short period of time simply can not be as great.
“If you look at international experience, a reduction of one percent achieved over the years. This is absolutely unrealistic figure,” – said Rags bbcrussian.com.
The head of the Movement for the rights of smokers said that the anti-smoking enthusiasts simply displays the number of alleged quitters from Rosstat data on the reduction of release of cigarettes.
“The issue is really reduced, but a growing share of illegal cigarettes – from Kazakhstan, from Belarus. Belarus produces 30 billion cigarettes with a small per year, and smokes 15 billion – that is, the rest goes to us. China is – a bit of happiness to the authorities. Because when it turns on the machine, the problem of Russia will not be 6-7% of illegal products, and in tens of percent, “- said Andrei Loskutov.
The crisis has hidden the extent of damage
Dmitry Yanin and Nikolai Gerasimenko also said that fears of restaurants, cafes and bars in connection with the ban on smoking is not true: their revenues are not reduced.
President of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia Igor Bukharov explains that the effect of the ban on smoking in the past year is not possible at all to say: it is hidden and the effects of the general crisis of some Russian antisanktsy. Reducing the number of customers, for example, at least partially overlaps the nominal increase in revenue due to rising food prices.
“This raises the question – which they operate? If the data of Rosstat, the Federal State Statistics Service believe it is impossible, because that’s what they believe, not “beating” that tell our colleagues, “- said Bukharov BBC Russian Service.
deputy Gerasimenko – the doctor quitting 17 years ago – strongly dismissed suggestions of colleagues from the State Duma soften smoking bans. In his view, these proposals – the lobby of tobacco companies. Opponents fierce fighters with smoking say that anti-smoking campaign – often also the result of lobbying only no tobacco and pharmaceutical companies producing expensive nicotine patches and the like tobacco substitutes.
In the State Duma suggest, in particular, to lift the ban on smoking rooms at airports. On May 27, the Public Chamber held a hearing on this topic .
The law “On protection of citizens’ health from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and consequences of tobacco consumption” was adopted in 2013. Causing the most controversy bans on smoking in restaurants, in the long-distance trains and airports to take on this the law in force from June 1, 2014.
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