Key takeaway: On Tuesday, April 11 local time, Russia’s State Duma passed on third reading a bill comprehensively banning the sale of e-cigarettes to minors under 18. The bill now needs to be submitted within five days.
FLOW-wrap: break-word !important;"> On Tuesday, April 11 local time, the Russian State Duma passed a comprehensive ban on sales to minors under the age of 18 on third readinge-cigarettesbill. The bill currently needs to be submitted to the upper house of the Russian parliament within five days and will eventually take effect after it is approved and signed by the president。Judging from the current situation of passing the third reading in one day and exceeding 90% of the votes in favor, the probability of final passage is extremely high. Although it is called a bill to ban sales to minors, in fact this bill will also profoundly affect adult e-cigarette users. Since the original text of the bill involves a large number of revisions to the definitions and descriptions of the provisions in the current regulations, we will only sort out the key contents: 1. What activities are prohibited by the bill?1, Selling nicotine-containing consumer-facing devices and their components at trade fairs and exhibitions;#p#pagination title #e#2, sell e-cigarettes remotely and through vending machines, as well as through express delivery and door-to-door delivery(in other words, prohibiting online sales of e-cigarettes);3, Display and demonstrate e-cigarette equipment on store shelves;4, this part will take effect on June 1;
2. What behaviors are restricted by the bill?1, advertisements with images, descriptions or occasional references to e-cigarettes will be restricted;2. Movies and TV programs showing smoking e-cigarettes will have a" 12+"mark; 3. Does the bill limit the ingredients of e-cigarettes? Electronic cigarettes will not be allowed to add specific flavors and additives to avoid inducing minors; Although a specific white list of flavors and additives has not been announced so far, However, the relevant proposal shows that the taste ban will take effect on September 1, which means that the relevant white list will be released before September 1. Currently, Russia can still sell flavored e-cigarettes. 4. Will the price of e-cigarettes rise?1. Russia will impose an official minimum price, which is calculated based on the cigarette tax rate and value-added tax rate for the same period;2, Chairman of the State Duma: " After adopting this specification, we will initiate amendments to the tax law to increase the consumption tax on e-cigarettes multiple times."# p#pagination title #e# 5, what penalties does the bill impose for violations? Russia equates e-cigarette violations with traditional cigarette violations. For example:
Shop owners who sell cigarettes to minors will be fined 20,000 to 40,000 rubles,
Officials will be fined 40,000 to 70,000 rubles for violating the law;
The company's legal person will be fined 150,000 to 300,000 rubles for violating the law.
