Alcohol and cigarettes

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a new tobacco law that, in his words, to protect children and adolescents from this pernicious habit. As expected, the law significantly complicate the lives of the producers of cigarettes.
Reporting on the law signed by President regretted admitted that he had spent a significant piece of his adult life, struggling with bad habits, which have become addicted teenager.
Now, the Federal Directorate for Food and Drug gets new powers that allow authorities to track the rigid production and distribution of tobacco products, the Air Force. The law was passed by Congress in early June.
According to statistics, currently smokes every fifth resident of the United States. From diseases associated with smoking in the United States die each year about 440 thousand people.
Under the law, the Office of Food and Drug receive the right to impose restrictions on the level of nicotine in cigarettes. To combat smoking among young people can manage to limit the use of tobacco flavors, as well as to prohibit the advertising, the target audience which is young people.
In addition, management has the right to monitor the performance of the new ban on outdoor tobacco advertising within a radius of 300 meters from schools. Tobacco companies also would be required to obtain management permission to manufacture new products. In addition, all packages of tobacco products should contain a specific timetable, reported on the dangers of smoking.
Obama, speaking in front of the White House, did not comment on their successes in the fight against tobacco. As it became known, the president has promised his wife Michelle for more than two years ago that he would quit if she would support him in the election battle. And while aides of President recognized that carry a  cud to help Obama resist temptation, they refuse to give a clear answer to the question whether Obama smokes from time to time, or threw the habit once and for all.
One way or another, about their experiences Barack Obama in a speech at the adoption of a new anti-law said little. The President gave these statistics: About 90% of smokers try first cigarette at the age of 18 years and younger. “I was one of those teenagers,” – said Obama. “I know how difficult it is to quit the habit when she was with you for a long time” – added the President.
Until recently, the tobacco business in the United States acted in a very lenient rules. Previous attempts to tighten the rules for the tobacco companies have been blocked by the Supreme Court, which ruled that changing the rules of trade in cigarettes must be approved by Congress.
With regard to smoking Russians, then in April it became known that the adoption of anti-law temporarily suspended. The government has decided not to tighten the law on limitation of smoking tobacco. ” Dozens of amendments to the law that the State Dumas adopted on first reading, we decided not to.
As was reported in spring to autumn is a new bill, which will combine the all the disparate initiatives. Main Legal Office of the Presidential Administration has expressed its dissatisfaction with a very fragmented and incomplete, from a legal point of view of the amendments.
The authors of the new law must comply with certain requirements stipulated by World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco. In particular, it should be clearly spelled out the issues of licensing of retail outlets that sell tobacco, a list of places where you can and where you can not smoke. The new rules will be established and to advertise tobacco products. There will also be increased accountability of vendors who supply children with cigarettes.

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