Employees of the state revenue authorities, together with the Border Guard Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan, continue to actively work to identify and suppress illegal trade at the state border. Since the beginning of 2025, 9 cases of illegal tobacco products importation have been suppressed within the framework of interdepartmental cooperation. During the operational activities, it was seized: 777 electronic cigarettes; 4,279 packages of snus; 1,728 packages of tobacco for hookah; 24,000 packs of cigarettes We remind you that the storage, sale and transportation of excisable products without appropriate means of identification and accounting and control marks are prohibited by law. Special attention is being paid to monitoring compliance with the restrictions imposed from June 20, 2024. In accordance with the decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, from this date, a ban on the import, production, sale and distribution of non-smoking tobacco products, electronic consumer systems (vapes), flavors and liquids to them has been established in the country. The control measures will be

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