“First, it should be noted that this proposal concerns not so much the direct interests of the smoking population, it is more a matter of the tobacco-producing industry itself. But, approaching the checkout, we sometimes don’t know the history of the origin of the product for which we will pay our money, we would like to pay them for an honestly released product, ”Loskutov emphasized.
He noted that in this regard he supported the idea of a parliamentarian.
“Here, just the proposal of the deputy Katasonov acts as a guarantee that we will get the right product for the right money,” the expert concluded.
Earlier, deputy Sergey Katasonov proposed to establish a single minimum price for tobacco products.
According to him, 95% of all cigarettes are currently not cheaper than 90 rubles, so, for example, the price could be set at 85 rubles.
According to the deputy, such a measure would allow to stop the import of counterfeit and contraband products.