In Russia, there may be a new "environmental" fee from cigarette manufacturers, which will be at least five rubles for each pack. The proposal was sent to the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Finance. According to experts, the amount of the contribution is inflated, it should be less than half. According to the newspaper Izvestia , the new levy on cigarettes want to introduce in Russia, the authors of the proposal explain the need to introduce payments negative impact of tobacco on the environment. Every year, the world produces about six trillion cigarettes, some of which are already in the form of cigarette butts then gets into the environment, increasingly in the water. A... [Read more]