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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.
Feb 21, 2013
The Washington Post
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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.
Feb 20, 2013
RUVR Voice of Russia (ru)
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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
Feb 20, 2013
Moscow News Weekly (ru)
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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.
Feb 20, 2013
Moscow Times
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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
Feb 18, 2013
Moscow News Weekly (ru)
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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
Feb 18, 2013
RT TV / TV Novosti (ru)
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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.
Feb 18, 2013
Moscow Times
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Feb 18, 2013 11:08
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[Russia] AUDIO: Analyst: Putin Likely to Support New Anti-Smoking Laws
Feb 15, 2013
Voice of Russia (uk)
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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
Feb 14, 2013
Daily Trojan (University of Southern California)
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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
Feb 13, 2013
Radio Free Europe
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Feb 13, 2013 13:38