Tag: Russia
Eastern Europe Moves Towards Vape Prohibition Despite Success Rates in Russia
Poland is moving forward with setting vape restrictions in alignment with new European Union (EU) directives aimed at novel tobacco products. The legislation was...
Russia May Start Labelling Tobacco For HTPs and Hookahs
According to the document, as of October 1st, Russian authorities may be launching a study looking into the effectiveness of labeling tobacco products for...
Russia to Introduce Excise Taxes on E-Cigarettes
Health minister Veronika Skvortsovam said that Russia has been striving to reduce local smoking rates, and justified this proposed tax by inaccurately stating that...
Belarus To Tighten E-Cig Regulations
The signed decree sets in place new regulations pertaining to the production, sale and use of all electronic devices, including heat-not-burn products. This amendment...
Russia to Regulate Vaping Products Differently Than Tobacco Products
This motion will be commended by many public health experts, who have been incessantly pointing out that any product regulations should be relative to...
Vaping boom in Russia
This country accounts for 147 millions of citizens among which about 1.5 million of vapers. The 55 millions of smokers constitute a large reservoir...
Russian Government plans to double cigarette prices in 2017
According to an article published on RT news last week, a document by the Interior Ministry seen by Russian tabloid Izvestia read, “The current...
Dancing at the Top
“MOSCOW — Russia’s economy minister was detained overnight on charges of soliciting a $2 million bribe about a huge oil deal, the country’s Investigative...
