Russia plans excise taxes on e-cigarettes – media | Progresiv

Russia’s healthcare ministry has drafted a bill to introduce excise taxes on electronic cigarettes, Russian news agencies reported, citing minister Veronika Skvortsova.

Russia in the past decade has tightened tobacco sales regulations as part of a wider campaign to reduce smoking.

“The manufacturers of these products are actually pulling (people) into a new malicious campaign, we need to resist,” Interfax quoted Skvortsova as saying.

Sales of e-cigarettes in Russia are expected to rise 17% to 395 million dollars this year, according to market research provider Euromonitor International. (www.reuters.com)