Almost 96% of adults in Kuban do not smoke

Krasnodar Krai took the second place among the regions of Russia in terms of the low proportion of smokers aged 18 and over. In October 2026, this figure in the region was 4.4%, follows from the data of the Ministry of Health, which was read by RIA Novosti.

The first place was taken by Chechnya, where the share of smokers was only 0.25%. In the third place was Ingushetia with an indicator of 5.94%.

The regions with the lowest prevalence of smoking also included Tatarstan - 7.75%, Dagestan - 8.77% and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug - 9.87%.

Another region of the North Caucasus was in the top ten. In North Ossetia, the share of smokers was 10.17%.

Earlier, we told that deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory are preparing a bill to ban the retail sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems and liquids for them. Yuri Burlachko called this initiative one of the priorities of the relevant committees.