{"id":189447,"date":"2026-05-27T14:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189447\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:04:11","slug":"officials-keep-reviewing-bill-on-e-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189447\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials keep reviewing bill on e-cigarettes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 27, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A bill regulating the sale of e-cigarettes and nicotine-containing products is currently undergoing approval by government agencies, Volha Bartman, public health chief at the National Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health has told journalists in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was drafted with consideration of the health risks associated with electronic smoking devices, she said, noting that it introduces stricter requirements for manufacturers of such products and bans their sale to minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing \u201cglobal experience,\u201d Bartman stressed that vapes are not a safe alternative to smoking, but a dangerous product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) is most concerned about the epidemic of \u201cnicotine products and electronic nicotine delivery systems\u201d use among children, adolescents and young adults, said Valancin Rusovi\u010d, acting head of the WHO Country Office in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smoking prevalence currently stands at 38 percent among men and about 11 percent among women, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus set to ban advertising of e-cigarettes and e-liquids<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 19, Pozirk. Belarus has drafted legislation that would ban the advertising of e-cigarettes and e-liquids, said Volha Bartman, a health official. The bill, if enacted in its current form, would prohibit vaping and smoking at the entrances of high-rise &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/164779\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 27, Pozirk. A bill regulating the sale of e-cigarettes and nicotine-containing products is currently undergoing approval by government agencies, Volha Bartman, public health chief at the National Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health has told journalists in Minsk. 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