Abstract
1/2016
vol. 2
Review paper
Policy recommendation to members of the Russian Federal Government: Strong tobacco control measures as a key to reducing mortality
- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Australia
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- Health Protection Agency, Republic of Maldives
- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Independent Schola
- Health Promotion Foundation, Nadarzyn, Poland
J Health Inequal 2016; 2 (1): 40–43
Online publish date: 2016/07/29
Tobacco-related diseases are among the most significant contributors to Russia’s premature mortality burden. Smoking prevalence has been rising in Russia in the last decades, leading to worsening health and economic outcomes. This policy recommendation to members of the Russian Federal Government suggests that Russia carry out legislative and tobacco control measures including increasing the tax on tobacco products, better enforcement of smoke-free legislation, and the introduction of graphic warning on tobacco products, in order to tackle this public health.
Keywords
tobacco control, Russia, premature mortality, policy, smoking
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