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5 May 1992 (--:~:-_'and) The Provincial Government
of Aland's proposal for the new
tobacco law hzs ----:-:n dealt w ith by the Grand
Committee. The new tobacco law will
be the snictest ~:: :he world. According to the
Grand Corrimittee, the selling of
tobacco produ::3 zo people aged over 16 is
allowed, but smoking is forbidden in
most public p=-'ses, including sports facilities
and hospitals. In hospitals
and health cart :_="s, the personnel is not
allowed to smoke, but the patients
are. Smoking is .'so forbidden in all premises
with at least two workers, unless
the workers ag:z otherwise among themselves.
Aland, 28 Apr-.'. '392, p. 20:-
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5 May 1992 (C==any) The German government is
considering introducing a health
charge on cig=.-:~-es, according to the designated
German health minister Horst
Sechofer. The :-airman of the Bundestag health
committee, Dieter Thomae,
supports this and is also calling for a health
charge on alcohol. The
article contains -.~ further details on these new
charges planned by the new
German healf,~ ---nister, who announced major
cutbacks in the health sector.
Frankfurter A:'z-meine, 4 May 1992, p. 17
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5 May 1992,,"-: _`zaria) Bulgaria is drawing up a
law on the production and
distribution of-_:__-acco. T he national tobacco
monopoly is to be abolished, and
individual fli=-, ::e to be granted per-mission
for rie purchase and processing of
tobacco as -c" :3 for the sale o' finished
products. 160,000 people are
presently emr,:..td in Bulgarian tobacco farming
and 16,000 are working in the
processing In
Die Tabak 2.4 Apr-if 1992, p.2
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5 May 1992 i F -.."and) The National Board of
Social Welfare and the Association of
Tobacco Polic-.. Sucmen Ash, haveheld a meeting in
Helsinki. Both reget that at
prcscn, it is nc: :cssible to preven: indirect
tobacco advertising in any way.
The National :-: ---,-d of Social Welfar: would
like to make recommendations
concerning advertising of tobacco products. Matti
Ahromies, the
managing dir::-:zr of the Finnish Magazine
Association, and Kari Hamalainen, the
managing dir-:::zr of the Association of
Advertising Agencies, expressed their
hope that no 7-------;clions would be imposed on
tobacco or other advertising.
Helsingiri Sarizz--at, 29 April 1992, p. A I I
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5 May 199: ~-__-~': Two firms cu.-Tently producing
the nicotine patch as an
anti-smokinz 7_-_;;cat1on in the US have applied
to the British government to
market th: p--:--- ;n the UrK. Ciba Geigy, whose
product is called Habitol, and
Marion Dow hope to receive approval for their
plans later in the year.
Daily Exprtss. - May 1992, p.2::-
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