The state Duma adopted a law on disclosure of the composition of tobacco products and vapes

The state Duma adopted a law that obliges manufacturers of tobacco products and vapes to disclose information about the composition of their products. As of January 1, 2027, data on the ingredients of tobacco and nicotine-containing products will no longer be considered a trade secret.

Under the new law, entrepreneurs will not be able to hide information about the presence and amount of substances that increase nicotine dependence, have toxic and carcinogenic effects, and cause mutations and reproductive problems.

State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin noted that tobacco and vape products contain harmful substances such as resins and metals. “Their entry into the body can lead to serious diseases, including oncology and lung disease,” he wrote in the Telegram channel.

Over the past year, the number of patients with respiratory problems has increased by 30%. Most often, adolescents and young people under 35 years old suffer, Volodin stressed.

The authorities of 18 regions of the country have banned the sale of vapes. Relevant decisions were made in the Vologda, Tomsk, Saratov, Smolensk, Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, Ryazan, Ulyanovsk regions, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Trans-Baikal and Perm territories, North Ossetia, the Republic of Altai, Yakutia, Chuvashia, Udmurtia, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region and St. Petersburg.

In addition, 38 governments are working on laws to ban vaping.