The head of the Cabinet wrote about this on his page in VKontakte.
Medvedev also instructed the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Rospotrebnadzor, with the participation of the Prosecutor General and the Investigative Committee, to organize unscheduled on-site inspections to prevent the possible sale of such products.
Earlier, Federation Council approved a resolution requesting the government to suspend the wholesale and retail trade of sucking and chewing nicotine-containing products.
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science Boris Chernyshov told RT about the initiative to introduce criminal penalties for sellers of certain types of non-smoking tobacco.