Cracking Down on Counterfeit Tobacco Barcodes in Russia
According to the Russian media outlet nakanune.ru, Alexander Spiridonov, the Deputy Director of the State Duma's Committee on Industry, stated that criminal liability must be established for the production and distribution of tobacco products without labels. The bill has been submitted to the parliament, and if passed, all tobacco products will be required to bear digital bar code labels.
Barcodes will replace the current consumption tax labels used to mark tobacco products. However, currently counterfeit tobacco barcodes do not have to take responsibility, so it is important to eliminate this legal loophole as soon as possible.
In December 2023, Biysultan Hamzayev, a member of parliament from Dagestan, proposed implementing a lifetime ban on smoking starting from adolescence.
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