CITIZENS IN RUSSIA HAVE CONTINUED TO LIGHT ON CIGARETTES AND PUFF-OFF SMOKE IN PUBLIC PLACES, DESPITE THE ENACTED LEGISLATION FOR THE BAN OF CIGARETTE SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES.

CITIZENS IN RUSSIA HAVE CONTINUED TO LIGHT ON CIGARETTES AND PUFF-OFF SMOKE IN PUBLIC PLACES, DESPITE THE ENACTED LEGISLATION FOR THE BAN OF CIGARETTE SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES.

      Citzens in Russia, particularly those from the major cities and towns have continued to light on cigarettes and puff-off smoke in public places, despite the government's enacted legislation for the ban of cigarette smoking in public places. The Russian government and the World's Health Organization effort intended for the discouragement of smoking and for the prevention of health problems, or diseases that may be caused, due to cigarette smoking may end-up in a failure in one of the World's most popular cigarette smokers nations in which over half of the population have regarded cigarette smoking as an integrated aspect of their daily life. Arather different effort, or approach has been required for the ban of cigarette smoking in Russia by educating the public about the health hazards that may be caused by smoking cigarettes, instead of the enacted legislation and its enforcement for the ban of cigarettes smoking in public places. Alternative measures in higher sale tax on various types of cigarettes will not lead to the success being sought for the ban of cigarette smoking in Russia as it has happened in many countries in the World.

                                         Written by Professor Godfrey Ohia