Cigarette small businesses get a shot of suffocation!

Small Business of the Russian Federation comes to the bewilderment of a proposal to impose a ban on trade in tobacco products in retail premises with an area less than 50 square meters. According to many entrepreneurs, this action will severely affect the development of many SMBs. In this case, officials say the bill is just another event to combat smoking and distribution of tobacco products to minors. While it is planned that the law will start working this fall. To date, only discussed the bill prepared by the federal authorities. The final decision of officials can only take during the autumn session. As for the content of the bill, it is known that there will be stipulated sale of tobacco products in major cities. In particular, the law will give all the criteria for distribution of cigarettes. Thus, an area which will trade in tobacco products should be the total area of ??not less than 50 square meters. meters, counters with cigarettes range from cash registers at least 10 meters. In addition, tobacco supermarkets should be safe and alarm system. The idea of ??establishing such requirements, according to the source, belongs to the Advisory Council at the State Duma Committee on Public Health. The leader board today are Dmitry Yanin - Chairman of the Board of the International Confederation of Consumer Societies. If the law is approved at the Fall reading, it is likely, small stalls, which are now involved in trade of cigarettes in many cities, will not be able to earn more this way. To buy tobacco products will be available only in large specialized stores, which today is not so much. Of course, to some extent the law will help lower distribution of cigarettes among minors. Although the guarantee that after its adoption did not begin to flourish underground trade of nicotine! In this case, small businesses in this segment of such an idea just in shock. Since this will lead to the fact that they will remain without basic income.