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Russia tries to improve life expectancy with laws curbing drinking, smoking

Two big steps are in the works to change some of the dynamics. Russia’s lower house of parliament overwhelmingly passed a bill forbidding smoking in public places, which the upper house approved Wednesday and is expected to be signed quickly by Putin.
The Washington Post
added Feb 21, 2013 11:13
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[Russia] Anti-tobacco law may stir the labor market

according to polls, 11% of workers are ready to quit their jobs if the employer fails to provide a place to smoke; 5% believe they will be able to go a full workday without a nicotine fix, but will become less productive.
RUVR Voice of Russia (ru)
added Feb 21, 2013 10:23
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Most Russians support anti-smoking law - poll

Most Russians support measures aimed at restricting the advertising, sale and use of tobacco products contained in the new bill passed by both houses of parliament, but are divided about its outcome, a poll run by the Russian Public Opinion Research Cent
Moscow News Weekly (ru)
added Feb 20, 2013 16:35
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[Russia] Federation Council Approves Anti-Smoking Bill

The bill, passed Wednesday, now needs only the president's signature to become law.
Moscow Times
added Feb 20, 2013 16:26
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[Russia] Puff, puff, pass a smoking ban

The bill is the culmination of an anti-smoking campaign personally sponsored by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. In a video blog posted online last October, Medvedev drew public attention to the high number of tobacco-related deaths in Russia: about 400,0
Moscow News Weekly (ru)
added Feb 18, 2013 21:59
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[Russia] Healthcare Ministry to Test Students for Smoking

Underage smokers will be identified by blood and breath tests. All schoolchildren aged ten and older will be required to take tests as part of an annual health checkup. The ministry has approved a new health examination program that will include ultraso
RT TV / TV Novosti (ru)
added Feb 18, 2013 21:54
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[Russia] Pre-Teen Smoking Targeted by Authorities

The Health Ministry has approved a new procedure for annual physical exams of school children that will see children over 10 tested for smoking, Izvestia reported Monday.
Moscow Times
added Feb 18, 2013 11:08
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[Russia] AUDIO: Analyst: Putin Likely to Support New Anti-Smoking Laws

Voice of Russia (uk)
added Feb 16, 2013 12:41
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[Russia] YU: Public smoking ban could worsen issue

though the sentiment of the Russian policy is noble, the government needs to come up with a better plan, one that implements individual bans over time instead of all at once. Completely banning the act will only breed resentment in smokers instead of actu
Daily Trojan (University of Southern California)
added Feb 15, 2013 08:25
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Looming Tobacco Crackdown Has Russian Smokers Fuming

It's lunchtime at a dingy cafe near Moscow's Belarussky train station and there are smokers at nearly every table. Even the no-smoking room is cloaked in thick tobacco haze as weary waitresses load up trays of beer and "chebureki," the meat-and-cheese pas
Radio Free Europe
added Feb 13, 2013 13:38
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