The governor of the Kaliningrad region, Alexei Besprozvannykh, presented to the regional legislative assembly a bill on a complete ban on the retail sale of vapor, electronic nicotine delivery systems and liquids for them. The document was sent as a legislative initiative, as appears from the document published on the parliament's website.
It is proposed to establish the ban for the period between March 1, 2027 and March 1, 2032.
From 2023 to 2026 in the Kaliningrad region, 1,237 citizen complaints were registered and 594 violations related to the circulation of electronic nicotine delivery systems were detected. In 2025, the regional Ministry of the Interior received 65 reports of vaping among teenagers, including the death of a boy.
According to the data of the regional economic development office, there are 2,807 points of sale of tobacco products and 2,292 products containing nicotine in the region.
Maxim Stolov / Vadomosti.
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