The draft law on penalties for the sale of cigarettes and electronic cigarettes to children was submitted to the State Duma 21:05

A bill proposing to increase administrative fines for the sale of tobacco products, electronic cigarettes and hookahs to children has been submitted to the State Duma. This was done by deputies led by State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin. RIA Novosti.

According to the relevant document, the sale of tobacco and nicotine-containing products to minors entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens from 200 to 300 thousand rubles, on officials – from 500 to 700 thousand rubles, on legal entities. – From 1.5 to 2 million rubles.

Invoice assumes 14.53 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, which regulates violations of prohibitions on trade in tobacco products, electronic cigarettes and hookahs. Changes were made to the article. Currently, fines for citizens range from 40 to 60 thousand rubles, for officials – from 150 to 300 thousand rubles, and for legal entities – from 400 to 600 thousand rubles.

In the State Duma at the beginning of October spoke With an initiative to ban the sale of tobacco and nicotine-containing products to Russians born after December 31, 2009. Kommersant newspaper wrote that some relevant units did not support the initiative, pointing out that this could lead to the restriction of the constitutional rights of a certain portion of citizens and the growth of the illegal tobacco products market.

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