http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/country/russia.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120207005184/en/Research-Markets-China-Expected-Lead-Tobacco-Industry http://tobacco.org/news/333397.html Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0e511c/tobacco_bric_br) has announced the addition of the "Tobacco - BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide" report to their offering. "Tobacco - BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide" Tobacco - BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Tobacco industry. The report includes easily comparable data on market value, volume, segmentation and market share, plus full five year market forecasts. It examines future problems, innovations and potential growth areas within the market. Business Wire press@researchandmarkets.com China Brazil Russia India Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://english.ruvr.ru/2012/02/04/65312749.html http://tobacco.org/news/333274.html The World Cancer Day is marked on February 4. According to the World Health Organization, 12 mln people are diagnosed with the disease annually, while 7,500 die of the illness. Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. . . . Russia has the same rate of cancer cases and mortality as the UK, Ireland and France with 480,000 primary diagnoses a year, says Professor with the Anti-Cancer Society David Zaridze "The main reason for cancer mortality in Russia is smoking-related tumors which account for 30% of all deaths. Smoking causes lung cancer and hit 12-13 other organs, like stomach, head, neck, mouth, larynx and throat. Control over smoking can decrease the mortality rate." Doctors should lead a more active prevention campaign among those people who get ill due to their bad habits. Anti-smoking campaign directly affects the cancer mortality rate in the world. This year's Cancer Day is held under the motto "cancer can be prevented" which underlines the importance of healthy lifestyle. Doctors recommend to quit smoking RUVR Voice of Russia !--Rating@Mail.ru (Maria Domnitskaya) Russia Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/31/world/europe/details-of-russian-submarine-disaster-emerge.html?_r=1 http://tobacco.org/news/333176.html MOSCOW -- The authorities in Russia marshaled more than 400 firefighters and 170 emergency workers to extinguish a fire on Friday that had raged for almost a day on the hull of a nuclear submarine in dry dock near the northern port of Murmansk. . . . President Dmitri A. Medvedev ordered investigators to uncover the cause of the fire and told military officials to ensure that the vessel could return to service. . . . This time, new information emerged at a rapid clip. The fire seemed to have originated on wooden scaffolding that surrounded the vessel while it was in dry dock, possibly in the course of welding work, and spread to an area of 1,600 square feet. There were also questions about smoking. “A disaster is caused by people,” Capt. Igor Kurdin, the vessel’s former commander, told television crews. “Somebody smoked, and I am absolutely sure that it wasn’t a submariner but the factory crew that works there. A submariner would never do that.” New York Times Russia Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://english.pravda.ru/business/finance/18-01-2012/120270-islamic_banks-0/ http://tobacco.org/news/332286.html Russia's Finance Ministry is working on legal acts to sign an unusual investment agreement with the United Arab Emirates. Mutual investments will avoid taxation, whereas the Arabs will not have their profit taxed. However, the documents encourage only state-run corporations and funds. The agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the UAE "About taxation of the income from the investments of the contracting states and their financial and investment institutions" was signed in Abu-Dhabi on December 7, 2011. However, the information about the document has become available only recently. . . . The norms of the Islamic banking do not allow any investments in the companies that deal with the production and sales of pork, alcohol and tobacco. Pravda Online !--Rating@Mail.ru Uae Russia Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2012&mm=01&dd=12&nav_id=78257 http://tobacco.org/news/331929.html Serbia's State Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac and Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yury Chaika signed an agreement on cooperation. The agreement was signed in Moscow on Thursday between the two prosecutor's offices, Serbian State Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Tomo Zorić told Tanjug. . . . According to the Belgrade media, Dolovac and Chaika should also discuss the proceedings instituted in Serbia against the widow and son of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Miloševic, Mirjana Marković and Marko Miloševic, who were given a refugee status in Russia, and therefore could not have been extradited to Serbia. Mirjana Marković and Marko Miloševic are charged with heading the so-called Tobacco Mafia, and they are tried in absentia by the Special Court for Organized Crime. Radio B92 Russia Yugoslavia Serbia Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://en.ria.ru/russia/20120102/170595196.html http://tobacco.org/news/331367.html Six people, including two children, died in a fire that erupted on Monday in the town of Berezniki in the Perm Territory in the Urals, the regional emergencies service reported. "At about 06:00 local time, a fire broke out in a one-room apartment of the five-storey residential building in Yubileinaya Street in Berezniki. The firefighters who arrived at the scene found the bodies of a two-year girl and a man in the completely burnt-out apartment. There were also a five-year-old boy and three women in an unconscious condition in the apartment who later died in hospital," the emergencies service said. The apartment belonged to a woman who lived there with her two children. On Sunday evening, a man and two women came to visit her, drinking alcohol during their celebrations. Careless smoking in the state of alcoholic intoxication is the likely cause of the fire, the emergencies service said. RT TV / TV Novosti Рейтинг@Mail.ru Russia Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thejournal.ie/over-26000-cigarettes-seized-at-dublin-airport-316001-Dec2011/ http://tobacco.org/news/331197.html OVER 26,000 CIGARETTES were seized at Dublin Airport after two women and a man, believed to be part of an Eastern European cigarette smuggling gang, were stopped and searched. The three included one Romanian woman, a Lithuanian woman and a Lithuanian man, who are all in their 20s. They were stopped and searched by officers from the Revenue's Customs Service after they had arrived on a flight from Zurich in Switzerland. The Journal.ie hugh@thejournal.ie Ireland Russia Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/customs-seize-115k-of-cigarettes-at-dublin-airport-533901.html http://tobacco.org/news/331189.html Officers from Revenue's Customs Service have seized 26,540 cigarettes at Dublin Airport with an estimated value of €11,500. Two Lithuanians and a Romanian, all in their twenties and believed to be operating as part of an Eastern European cigarette smuggling gang, were stopped and searched by officers having arrived on a flight from Zurich in Switzerland. Irish Examiner Ireland Russia Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://themoscownews.com/russia/20111226/189322086.html http://tobacco.org/news/331118.html Russia's chief sanitary officer Gennady Onishchenko has issued some words of advice for the New Year's holiday season. . . . He said that the New Year's break was, in fact, the perfect time to give up bad habits. "The New Year's holidays - is the time to mobilize your endurance and stamina and to come to work already renewed, entrenched in the knowledge that you never go back to tobacco use." Moscow News Weekly Рейтинг@Mail.ru Russia Mon, 26 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20111214005901/en/Russia%E2%80%99s-Non-Small-Cell-Lung-Cancer-Drug-Market-Grow http://tobacco.org/news/331061.html Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the Russian market for non-small-cell lung cancer therapies will grow 3 percent annually from 2010 to 2015 to $163 million in 2015. According to the Emerging Markets report, Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in Russia, an increase in the incident population, gradually increasing use of higher-priced chemotherapies and the introduction of several premium-priced agents will promote this growth. "The most dramatic growth will likely be seen in the kinase inhibitors drug class where three emerging agents—Boehringer Ingelheim’s Tovok, Pfizer’s dacomitinib and ArQule/Daiichi Sankyo/Kyowa Hakko Kirin’s tivantinib—should make their debut in or before 2015." The incidence of non-small-cell lung cancer in Russia is the highest among the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) markets and is comparable to that of the United Kingdom and the United States. Increasing risk of non-small-cell lung cancer due to increasing smoking prevalence in men, in conjunction with an aging population, will drive an increase in incident non-small-cell lung cancer cases in Russia. Business Wire losgood@dresources.com (Decision Resources) Russia Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=f0df1b24-afc4-4e6f-8de7-3a3ece04f80c http://tobacco.org/news/330931.html Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will create opportunities to increase exports of alcohol and tobacco products to Russia. On 16 December 2011, WTO Members accepted the terms of the Russian Federation’s accession. Russia will officially become a WTO Member 30 days following the ratification of its Protocol of Accession, which will take place before 15 June 2012. As part of its WTO accession agreement, Russia has commitment to reduce and “legally bind” import tariffs on alcohol and tobacco products. Russia must also follow WTO rules on non-tariff barriers, particularly under the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement), and on the protection of intellectual property, under the WTO Agreement on Trade- Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement)... JD Supra, LLC skomolov@kslaw.com ( * King & Spalding on 12/22/2011 ) Russia Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://rbth.ru/articles/2011/12/22/russian_public_service_ads_go_viral_14068.html http://tobacco.org/news/330894.html Although the Accessible Environment ads are new, public service campaigns against smoking, drinking and unsafe sex have been in place for several years. Anti-smoking and drinking ads sometimes feature computer simulations of processes within the human body, and these are extremely informative and well made, but they tend to be less effective than other types of advertising. It has long been clear that if people were truly frightened by the thought of potential diseases and even death, there would be no smokers or alcoholics. Ads that play on emotions provoke a more intense response, especially if they feature children. The anti-smoking ad “Childish Excuses” is one of the most persuasive of this type. The ad features children reciting the excuses adults give when trying to explain why they don’t quit smoking. Russia Beyond The Headlines Russia Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-24023141-back-from-russia-with-lots-of-love.do http://tobacco.org/news/330749.html Parliament cigarettes is holding a corporate party in Yekaterinburg, central Russia, and has asked six burlesque girlies from the UK to come and perform. I am one of them, along with my Berliner friend Octavia and four beautiful Scottish lasses I've been acquainted with previously. We're all excited - it's not every night we do a show in Siberia. . . . It seems they've splashed out on this party, Russian-style. It's a huge venue with hostesses in Grecian dresses in Parliament-brand blue, handing out cigarettes on trays. This is London Russia Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://rt.com/news/prime-time/tobacco-sponsorship-ban-charities-007/ http://tobacco.org/news/330572.html Charities in Russia face losing millions of dollars a year, as the Health Ministry is drafting a law banning charity donations from tobacco companies. The new legislation is part of Russia’s major anti-tobacco campaign, inspired by WHO, which includes a total ban on cigarette ads. Leaders of charity organizations say that such an initiative will deprive them of much-needed donations from tobacco companies. “We beg officials not to block this channel of support,” Elmira Shcherbakova, the head of the Peace and Harmony charity, told Interfax. “The tobacco industry is the most generous one in terms of charity. Thanks to them, thousands of elderly Russians receive financial help and get medical treatment and free trips to health resorts.” In 2010 alone, three of the world’s biggest tobacco companies donated over $6 million, said Tatyana Zadirako, the head of Russia's United Way foundation. “They are the only ones who finance unpopular charities, like those dealing with the elderly and psychiatric patients,” Zadirako added. “It is easy to collect money for an ill child, but no one is eager to help the homeless or refugees.” RT TV / TV Novosti Russia Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/russia_nsclc_lung_cancer_market_forecast_354060 http://tobacco.org/news/330570.html Sales of drugs for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are expected to see three per cent annual growth in Russia over the next four years and hit $163m by 2015. Market growth will also be led by gradually rising use of higher-priced chemotherapies and the introduction of several premium-priced agents. "As the incident non-small-cell lung cancer population grows in Russia, sales of most drug classes are expected to grow through 2015," said Decision Resources analyst Natalia Reoutova. . . . According to Decision Resources’ 'Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in Russia' report, increasing smoking prevalence in men, in conjunction with an aging population will drive an increase in NSCLC incidence in the country. PMLiVE Russia Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT