25.02, 18:14 The country’s Health Ministry is pushing for a new regulation that will oblige the tobacco industry to print onto cigarettes packs large and gloomy images of the effects of smoking.
30.12.2010, 05:30 Following its anti-alcohol campaign which featured a deranged squirrel and went viral over the internet, the Russian Ministry of Health has offered adherents of a healthy lifestyle the option of donning clothes that display the crazed squirrel.
25.10.2010, 19:56 Government deputies have come up with the revised draft of a new anti-smoking law that is seen as less radical than its predecessor.
06.08.2010, 20:09 Tobacco producers are outraged by the new production code adopted by Russia and CIS countries.
//Published: 17 November, 2011, 19:50
Edited: 17 November, 2011, 22:50
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As part of international anti-smoking campaign, Moscow authorities wage war against ashtrays in restaurants and send superheroes to give lectures on tobacco’s killing effects.
Eager to take part in No-Smoking Day celebrations, 27 restaurants in Moscow have strictly banned smoking on their premises, removing ashtrays from the tables and cigarettes from the menu.
While the ban on smoking in public places is just waiting to be legally introduced, some places are stepping up to the initiative voluntarily. To support the initiative, the authorities promise draw an interactive map of smoking-free cafes – it will list all the eateries that decided to give up on smoking zones.
Nearly 35 per cent of working Russians and up to 90 percent of restaurants and bar visitors are passive smokers.
For the time being, the ban on smoking in public catering facilities is not obligatory. The draft anti-smoking law will be submitted to the State Duma by late 2011.
The ministry suggests banning smoking in public places and tobacco advertising, including on public transport from 2014, while hotels, cafes and nightclubs will become smoke-free starting 2015. By 2013, cigarettes should disappear from store shelves to be sold only by catalogue.
In another curious anti-tobacco move, the Health Ministry hired its own superhero to preach non-smoking policies on Moscow streets. The red horse, called Hammer, was stopping Muscovites who happened to be passing by and lectured them on the harmful effects on smoking.
At least 400,000 people die in Russia annually from smoking-related diseases. Official statistics indicate that 45 percent of Russian citizens have smoked, and 34 percent of them smoke all the time. Currently, the average age when a person starts smoking in Russia is 11 years. Despite the annual decrease in the population, cigarette consumption grows every year.
Meanwhile, Moscow's air quality turned out to be the fourth-cleanest among eight major cities in the world.
Stockholm topped the ranking, with Paris and Prague occupying second and third place respectively. Hong Kong came eighth, preceded by New York, Kiev and London.
Cars are named the main source of pollution, accounting for 90 per cent of all emissions. The rest is due to industry and energy companies.
The survey was conducted by a Russian ecology research centre.
16.11, 23:05 Moscow’s city hall is rolling out new recycling options for the large number of Muscovites ready to go green.
Today: 21:10 A ground-breaking piece of Russian literature and revolutionary school of art were among the spotlights of this day in Russian history.
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