From: Tobacco Reporter
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Meanwhile, the vice president of corporate affairs at Philip Morris International, Russia, Sergey Slipchenko, was quoted as saying that, taking into account the expected significant decline in the turnover of illicit products when marking was implemented, the costs of the system would be fully justified.
And according to the senior manager of Japan Tobacco International, Russia, Sergey Golovko, digital marking could become an important tool in the fight against illicit tobacco products. “Along with the stabilization of excise rates within the Eurasian Economic Union, the introduction of mandatory digital marking will help create conditions under which manufacturing and selling illegal products will become a lot riskier,” he said.
