While official figures state that between 70 and 80 percent of the population supports these new measures, the law has proved controversial on the Russian blogosphere, where many took issue with it for a variety of reasons. Blogger Nicolai Troitsky (pictured in his LiveJournal profile enjoying a cigarette) claimed that he was joining the recently established "Common Russian Movement for the Rights of Smokers" . Troitsky denounced the legislation in the strongest possible terms in his post, "Stop the Genocide Against Smokers!" .