Analysts of the state labeling system “Honest Sign”, whose data is cited by Izvestia , found that over the past year, prices for nicotine-free liquids for vaping have doubled.
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“Over the year, nicotine-free liquids for ENDS have risen in price the most: in May, the average cost per standard package was 579, which is twice as much as in the same period last year. A significant change in cost is also observed in other types of tobacco products: the weighted average price of cigarettes increased by 25% (up to 256 rubles per standard package), cigars – by 24.7% (up to 1804 rubles per standard package), hookah tobacco – by 13, 9% (up to 230 rubles per standard package), and for sticks – by 6% (up to 123 rubles per standard package),” experts said.
The CRPT also noted that snuff fell in price by 12%; on average, in May it was bought for 442 rubles per standard package.
A rating of the country's regions was also compiled based on data on sales of tobacco products in May of this year. The leader in average monthly tobacco consumption per thousand residents over 18 years of age was the Magadan region (14,214 conventional packs). Next come the Kamchatka Territory (12,474 standard packages), the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (11,668 standard packages) and the Sakhalin Region (11,119 standard packages). The top five is closed by the Murmansk region (10,805 standard packages).
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