Scary pictures put off Russians from smoking

A poll of Russian smokers shows that 9% have cut down on their puffs after seeing scary anti-smoking pictures on their cigarette packages.

The poll was conducted by the Superjob.ru web portal. It took in 1,600 smokers in 175 Russian cities, towns and villages.

Last June, President Putin enacted tough anti-smoking legislation which includes obligatory graphic health warnings in cigarette packaging.