Youth Parliament Plans for the Year of Health

At the beginning of the meeting, the structure, staff and committee leaders of the Youth Parliament were approved. Then, Alena Ostroukhova made a report on the work carried out last year. In 2019, the Youth Parliament held 4 plenary meetings, 8 presidiums and 9 committee meetings. In addition, republican events, international forums, meetings and educational programs in which young parliamentarians participated were listed. Information about the positive dynamics of the interaction of the Youth Parliament with the state bodies of our republic was released. The youth parliament last year launched a series of legislative initiatives related to state youth policy.

Plans for this year were discussed at the meeting. 2020 has been declared the Year of Health in our republic, and the Youth Parliament in this regard plans to hold a number of events. To increase the medical literacy of our population, young people intend to organize special medical platforms at various venues, where information related to health and a healthy lifestyle that every modern person should be aware of will be posted.

Recently, among youth it has become fashionable to use non-tobacco blends. This is an analogue of the classic - chewing tobacco. In the cooking technology, tobacco is not used, the mixture is based on mint and herbs soaked in nicotine. Teenagers consider that if there is no tobacco in the composition of these mixtures, then they do not bring harm. It is supposed that they help to overcome nicotine addiction in smoking cessation. The effect of such products is due to the nicotine contained in them. Consumers of chewing mixtures receive a single dose of nicotine about 10 times greater than smokers.

So far, there is no ban on the sale of such mixtures in Russia or in our republic.

This issue, according to young parliamentarians, requires an early resolution.

According to young parliamentarians, wording should be added to the law regarding the use of mixtures in the form of chewing gum, sweets, since such consumption of nicotine is different from smoking.

In addition, deputies of the Youth Parliament considered proposals related to the Republican project “School of Volunteer” during the plenary meeting, and discussed the degree of readiness of the Tiras 2020 youth forum planned for May.