February 6, 2020 17:11 14 Today in the Moscow Regional Duma considered and approved draft laws banning the sale of tobacco-free nicotine mixtures to minors. Snus is a shredded moistened tobacco that is often packaged in small plastic containers. In Russia, snus began to be sold in the early 2000s, but in December 2015 was banned, for wholesale and retail sale of snus was established liability in the form of a fine of up to 60,000 rubles for legal entities. After the ban, manufacturers replaced tobacco in tea bags with nicotine extract. Now this product is positioned as "tobacco-free nicotine mixture" and is freely sold in stores. Technically, these mixtures are no longer snus in the original... [Read more]