Russia: The Ministry of Health has developed an initiative that would oblige manufacturers of tobacco and nicotine-containing products to indicate the composition of the product on the packaging, Parlamentskaya Gazeta (the official publisher of federal laws and acts)
reports. The ministry noted that informing consumers about the composition of these products is provided for by legislation on public health protection, but in practice, “consumers of tobacco products do not currently have complete information about the ingredients contained in the tobacco products they consume”. A similar proposal was
made in 2017. However, tobacco companies opposed this initiative as they considered the measure excessive.