Radical measures

The main health officer of the country Gennady Onishchenko suggests to take radical measures. He considers, that it is necessary to forbid the use, sale and manufacture of cigarettes in territory of Russia.
Though the radical interdiction will follow not at once, before there will be a certain special program following the results of which realisation, it will be clear to forbid or not.

According to Onishenko, last years the tobacco use in Russia causes to a society a catastrophic damage. "Smoke 60 percent of men, from the illnesses caused by smoking, for some previous years has died more than 300 thousand persons".

However, manufacturers of tobacco in it are not assured not so. So the general director of association "Tabaco&Co" Vadim Zhelnin, considers, that the full interdiction for smoking of a problem will not solve, but only will increase number of the crimes made in the country.

Meanwhile Gennady Onishchenko has fallen with criticism upon those who insists that manufacturers of tobacco should be involved in charities actively.
The citation under the Interfax: "In one civilised country not only it is not authorised to the tobacco companies, but also categorically it is forbidden to be engaged in charity or any other positive activity".
It is considered, that at the population the image of manufacturers of tobacco and alcohol can be generated positive.