Tag: Skvortsova

WHO Should Butt Out of Russia’s Cigarette Biz -­ Health Official

Budget, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Health, Epidemics, Substance Abuse
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(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, June 13, 2013) ­ The World Health Organization has no right to dictate to Russia how to develop its tobacco pricing policies, Russia’s chief health inspector said Thursday. The head of the WHO office in Russia, Luigi Migliorini, had earlier expressed disappointment in lower than expected increase rates for tobacco excise in the country after 2016. […]

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Russia’s Population Decline Said To Have ‘Stopped’

Abortion, Health, Epidemics, Substance Abuse, Population Disaster, Demographics
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(RFE/RL – rferl.org – May 27, 2013) Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova says the population decline in that country has “stopped.” Speaking at a press conference in Moscow on May 27, Skvortsova said Russia’s birthrate rose by 5.6 percent in 2012, at the same time that antitobacco campaigns and other health measures helped lower the death rate. The United Nations predicts […]

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