Guarantee the result. Retail sale of vaping will be completely banned in the Vologda region from March 1. The campaign against vaping in the Vologda region has entered its final stage. The region will completely ban the retail sale of vapes starting March 1, 2027. This legislative initiative was supported by deputies in the second session of the regional parliament. However, vapes were not sold in the area for about six months. The Vologda region was the first in the country to eliminate all points of sale of such devices, recalls Governor Georgy Filimonov, an ardent supporter of a healthy lifestyle: "And they did it [imposed the ban] proactively, even before the transfer of powers to regulate this market to the regions and exclusively within the current legislation. Result: 316 points stopped selling the vapors. I repeatedly discussed this issue with the chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin. He greatly appreciated the experience of the Vologda region and our consistent work in this direction." The result achieved was consolidated at the legislative level. As of March 1, the retail sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems, liquids for them, their components and components will be prohibited. In addition, the zone will increase the minimum area established at the federal level for retail facilities for the sale of products containing tobacco and nicotine to 10 square meters. m, they will introduce additional restrictions on its places of sale. "We continue our great work of rescuing people. In the past, 610 liquor stores and 125 liquor stores were eliminated in the area. We consistently create conditions to maintain people's health and protect the younger generation." Filimonov emphasizes. Thanks to the population conservation policy, last year, for the first time in 13 years, the Vologda region recorded an increase in the number of births of first children. This summer, the region took the first place in the country in terms of the increase in the total fertility rate.