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MOSCOW, -- Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the presidential press service reported Friday.
The State Duma, the lower house of parliament, approved the bill on April 11, and the Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, endorsed it on April 16.
Within the framework of the convention, Russia will have to gradually ban all advertisements of tobacco products in five years. Warnings of potential health risks must take up no less than 30 percent of the cigarette pack's surface area. The document also envisions a gradual reduction of smoking in public places.
The convention was adopted at the 56th World Health Assembly in May, 2003, with the aim of launching a program to prevent the negative consequences of tobacco consumption. A total of 168 countries have already ratified the convention.