The Ministry of health is developing a new anti-tobacco concept which should help reduce the number of smokers. To bring the particular measures a careful study of foreign experience. Until 2010, when it adopted the current anti-Smoking concept, the number of smokers in the country were present at 40%. Due to the introduced measures this number was reduced to 33%. Now in the Ministry of health is developing a new program, which will run until 2021 and will reduce the number of smokers by 0.5% per year. "The strategy will contain new measures, which in the future will have to be converted into legislation. At the moment there is the analysis of foreign experience, in particular, the experiences of England, Australia, Finland", - quote "Izvestia" head of the Department of public health and communications, President of the Confederation of the parties to the who framework Convention on fight against cigarettes Oleg Salaga. Document developed on behalf of the head of the Ministry of health Veronika Skvortsova. Adopted new anti-Smoking concept should be in early 2016. Despite the fact that experts are still working on elements of strategy, at the moment we can judge about some of its qualities. For example, will be prescribed to increase the area of packs, created to host awesome illustrations and cautionary labels. According to the current rules, under precautionary information is given 50% of the front of packets of tobacco and 50% of its rear side. The professionals also examine the question as to whether the reason to follow the example of Australia and England, where cigarette packs unified - brand names are written in the same font and colour, and additional components of the design is prohibited. In addition analyzed will be the new fashion list of public places where Smoking is prohibited. With all this similar list could be expanded, and its reduction is excluded. According to the current legislation, you cannot smoke in railway stations, airports, playgrounds, catering establishments, within 25 metro from metro stations and in other places. In addition it is expected that the new anti-Smoking concept will be specifically looked at the issue of electronic cigarettes. "At the moment this question is actually not regulated in Russia. There are international studies indicating that the consequences for well-being entails the introduction of electronic cigarettes. We examine these studies to consider the opinion of the scientific community and to propose regulatory measures", - said Oleg Salagay.