Turkey eyes to expand ban on sale of tobacco products
By Trend
Turkey is preparing a bill that will expand the ban on the sale of tobacco products, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag said, the Turkish media reported on November 1.
Akdag noted that the new law will also prohibit the sale of tobacco products at the cash desks of stores.
New bans on use of tobacco products have been in effect in
Turkey from January 2015, adopted under a state program against
smoking.
All the tobacco products sold in Turkey have black packages to be
less attractive.
Turkey imposed a ban on smoking in public places in 2008. Penalty
for smoking in public and enclosed places is 88 TRY ($23.19 as of
November 1).
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