“The already established system of state regulation and control of the alcohol market will be used as a regulation model,” the report says.
The bill provides for the licensing of activities in the field of production and import of tobacco, nicotine-containing products and raw materials for their production.
In addition, it provides for the obligation of manufacturers to register equipment for the production of products.
Earlier, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Pavel Krupnik, proposed supplementing the packaging of cigarettes (as well as other nicotine-containing products) with information on the total annual spending of a smoker on a bad habit.
Copies of appeals addressed to the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov and the Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko are available to RT.
Krupnik said that this innovation would be "a clear and effective method of promoting a healthy lifestyle."