The news mentioned that the authorities have begun to inspect local tobacco retail stores after a teenager in the Moscow region experienced an e-cigarette explosion in his mouth while in use.

In addition, on July 14, it was also revealed that there were a large number of illegally imported electronic cigarettes in Russia. On July 14, Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson Irina Volcker said that Moscow police arrested 6 people, 3 of whom were Chinese, and seized more than 150,000 sets of e-cigarettes that were harmful to life and health.

It is understood that the illegal gang used forged documents to ship a large number of electronic cigarettes with nicotine content far exceeding the package label to Russia. During a search of the suspect's warehouse and office, more than 600 million rubles in cash were found.

The Russian side believes that these products with excessive nicotine will affect life, health and safety. According to news from the Russian media on July 17, after the above-mentioned import incident of forged documents, the State Duma submitted a ban on vaping electronic cigarettes. According to the representative who proposed the bill, electronic cigarettes are harmful to people's health. adversely affected.

LDP leader Leonid Slutsky claimed that some regions had introduced such a ban long ago.