Russia is losing hundreds of thousands of people a year from diseases relating to Smoking, wrote Sunday on Twitter, the Deputy Minister of health of Russia Oleg Salagay.
on world no tobacco day, the official said that the threat to health is not only Smoking cigarettes but also the use of electronic means of heating tobacco and other gadgets.
Salagai believes that it is necessary to abandon the consumption of nicotine in principle. This approach, said the Deputy Minister, will find support and the world health organization.
the Ministry of health expects to reduce the number of adult smokers by 2035 to 21 percent. A year in the country from the effects of Smoking kills 300-400 thousand Russians.