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Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) are not regulated under the Tobacco Control Law in Russia, very little is known about exposure to these products. Aim: To assess the exposure of population to ENDS in Russia. Methods: Data from Russian Tobacco Control Law Evaluation Survey (June – August 2017) are analysed. 11699 randomly selected respondents from 4320 households in 5 Russian Subjects were interviewed and a stratified sample (n=5289 aged≥18 years) of smokers(n=3228), former smokers(n=1012) and never smokers(n=1049) participated in the survey. Results: 34% of the respondents were familiar with ENDS; 11.9% had tried e-cigs, 25.8% of those were regular users. 69.2% of smokers, who used e-cigarettes hadn’t reduce the amount of smoked tobacco. 44.4% had made a quit attempt by means of e-cigarettes: of those 65.2% failed to quit smoking, and 75.3% could not quit neither smoking nor e-cigarettes in a long term. Only 18.7% ENDS users knew that e-cigarettes cause addiction, 35.8% were not sure, and 45.5% even denied the fact. Those were mostly the youngst respondents aged 18-24 years (52.3%), among all age groups (p Vaping was not allowed in the household of 70% respondents. Mostly vaping was allowed at home of the current tobacco smokers(21.8%), compared to quitters (p Strong legislation should be considered to regulate the ENDS.