In 2022, laws regarding restrictions on smoking people will be tightened. Pavel Korytov, a lawyer of the European Legal Service, spoke about this on December 26.
So, according to him, next year fines of up to 3 thousand rubles for smoking will begin to be introduced at real estate objects and enterprises. In addition, responsibility for a fire caused by a smoker will be toughened.
“Starting this year, for smoking at such facilities, liability is provided under Art. 20.4 of the Administrative Code (“Violation of fire safety requirements”). The fine for citizens is from 2 thousand to 3 thousand rubles, and in the event of a fire due to such a violation – up to 5 thousand rubles, “the Prime agency quotes Korytov.
The lawyer also said that the government is discussing measures to ban the sale of tobacco to persons born in 2015 and later, even after they reach the age of majority.
In addition, cigarettes will rise in price next year, the expert summed up.
“Starting this year, the price of cigarettes has increased by 20%, and in 2022 all participants in the circulation of nicotine-containing products will be required to submit data to the Honest Mark labeling system only through an electronic document management (EDM) operator, this year they could still do this yourself, “- explained Korytov.
The specialist recalled that the national project “Demography” set a goal to reduce the number of smokers in Russia to 10% by 2024.
Also, according to him, almost a decade of fighting against smoking has been carried out within the framework of the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which was signed by 180 countries, including Russia.
On December 10, it became known that State Duma deputy, head of the “Sober Russia” project, Sultan Khamzaev, proposed introducing a fine for smoking near pregnant women or minors. The deputy asked Murashko to assess “the feasibility of introducing a new provision into the draft edition of the future Administrative Code of Russia, providing for a fine of 5 thousand rubles for violating the established ban.”
In October, it was reported that Russian specialists intend to create a system that would track those who smoke cigarettes and vapes in the wrong places.
Since January 1 of this year, residents of Russia were banned from smoking in medical institutions, points of sale and in warehouses, and then the requirements for equipping smoking areas in the open air came into force.
Source: IZ
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