Health Care of the Youth

The Supreme Council is preparing for consideration in the third reading law-in-draft submitted by Deputy Grigory Dyachenko, which adjusts the provisions of the law "On protecting the health of citizens from exposure to tobacco smoke and the consequences of tobacco consumption". The author proposed to establish a ban on the sale of devices simulating tobacco smoking (electronic cigarettes, hookahs) to minors and prohibit their use in public places. Members of the Committee on Social Policy Vladimir Pelin, Sergey Cheban and Yuri Kravchuk called for further improvement of legislation in this area and proposed amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses. The law-in-draft provides for the imposition of an administrative fine for the use of devices simulating tobacco smoking by minors, as well as for involving young people in the process of tobacco use, tobacco products and the use of devices simulating tobacco consumption. In addition, it is proposed to establish a ban on the sale of such devices to minors.

Today, at a plenary meeting, parliamentarians adopted in the first reading the relevant amendments to the Code of Administrative Violations.