2013
The RF Gosduma is preparing amendments to the Administrative Code, establishing a fine of 3,000 roubles (99 USD. 74 Euros. 63 UK Pounds) for individuals smoking in public places.
16 January 2013
RIA-Novosti
http://ria.ru/caricature/20130116/918366667.html
2012
Annually, on the third Thursday of November in most of the world, it’s International No Smoking Day. The American Cancer Society established it in 1977.
15 November 2012
RIA-Novosti
http://ria.ru/caricature/20121115/910833437.html
In late October, the Russian government introduced a bill to ban smoking in public places by 2015. Measures to limit the consumption of cigarettes are going to be phased in gradually, a series of measures will take effect from the date of the bill, and others would take effect from 1 July 2014 and from 1 January 2015. The document under consideration by the RF Gosduma provides for a ban on smoking in public places, forbids the sale of cigarettes in kiosks, ends the open display of tobacco products, and outlaws depictions of smoking in new media content aimed at children. According to the bill, the new law specifies eleven categories of places where smoking is prohibited. In particular, it lists educational and cultural institutions, hospitals, multiclinics, public transport stops and train stations, trains and planes, as well as beaches, hotels, playgrounds, offices, and hallways. The bill also mandates that the minimum retail price of tobacco will increase annually at a level higher than the consumer price index for food products set by government.
14 November 2012
RIA-Novosti
http://en.rian.ru/infographics/20121114/177458186.html
Voices from Russia 
17 September 2013. Sergei Yolkin’s World. A Crisis in Anti-Smoking Policy
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A Crisis in Anti-Smoking Policy
Sergei Yolkin
2013
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Anti-smoking policies appear ineffective… in Greece, signs prohibiting smoking in public places just haven’t stopped the practise, and warning labels on cigarette packets don’t deter British teenagers from smoking. Sergei Yolkin takes a jab at this…
5 September 2013
Sergei Yolkin
RIA-Novosti
http://ria.ru/caricature/20130905/960949529.html