The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine equated electronic cigarettes and the latest tobacco products (tobacco products for electric heating) to other tobacco products.
Now the circulation of electronic cigarettes will be regulated by legislation relating to tobacco products, said Prime Minister Alexei Goncharuk.
“Equating electronic cigarettes and the latest tobacco products (tobacco products for electric heating) to other tobacco products.
The turnover of such cigarettes should be regulated in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine, "
Electronic cigarettes will also be subject to advertising restrictions, as well as a ban on smoking of such cigarettes in public places..
" Moreover, this is a European practice in the field of regulation of the circulation of tobacco products, "
The Verkhovna Rada adopted as a basis a bill that proposes to amend the law " Reports about it " Ukraine.