He wrote about this in his Telegram channel.
“To ensure a sustainable reduction in the burden of nicotine addiction, it is important to develop and adopt new measures,” the deputy minister said.
Salagay noted that the department plans to study the possibility of producing standard-sized and impersonal packages of smoking products.
At the same time, 75% of the area of the packages will have to be occupied by pictures or photographs about the dangers of smoking.
Also, the department intends to work out the issue of banning the classification of tobacco products by the level of toxic substances.
In addition, the ministry plans to work out the introduction of a ban on the use of flavors, dyes, and addiction-enhancing additives in all nicotine-containing products.
In May, it was reported that Russia could ban the use of e-liquids.