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6/04/2013

Topic Reading-Vol.419-6/4/2013

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Will Russia’s smoking ban be successful?
Russia, where a lot of people regularly enjoy drinking spirits to ease their stress from the severe winter or political and/or economical pressure, seems to have been smokers paradise until June 1st this year when a new ban on smoking in some public places such as hospitals and prisons as well as 15m perimeter of public transportation entrances and stations.  
It sounds like quite a challenge for the government to ban a practice that 40% of the population enjoy regularly especially when its economy isn’t performing because of the energy price pressure.
Enjoy watching the video as to how people there think about and react to the new regulation. 

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