Putin Approves Proposal to Fully Ban Vape Sales in Russia

President Vladimir Putin has endorsed a proposal to implement a complete ban on the sale of vapes across Russia.

"Look, Dmitry Nikolaevich [Chernyshenko, Russian Deputy Prime Minister] nods his head. Our government supports it," Putin said when visiting the adaptive sports promotion center in Samara, The Caspian Post reports, citing TASS.

Head of the Zdorovoe Otechestvo [Healthy Fatherland] Russian public movement Ekaterina Leshchinskaya approached the head of state with a relevant request. She noted positive experience of banning vapes is in adjacent CIS states and other countries of the globe.

The Russian leader nodded approvingly to her request "for giving instructions to set a complete ban of vapes in the Russian territory."

"Not only such decision is important but carrying appropriate work" among the youth also, the president stressed at the same time.