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Jump to full article: Moscow Times, 2008-04-14
Author: Max Delany / Staff Writer
Intro: State Duma deputies floated radical plans on Friday to cut tobacco use after ratifying a United Nations anti-smoking convention.
Potential measures include dramatically increasing the cost of cigarettes and banning their sale in roadside kiosks, Nikolai Gerasimenko, deputy head of the Duma's Public Health Committee said Friday, Interfax reported.
The comments come as the Duma finally passed a law on accepting the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
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