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Azerbaijan ups state control on spirits, tobacco 

Jump to full article: Reuters, 1999-02-09

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Azerbaijan President Haydar Aliyev has signed a decree strengthening the state's control over the production, sale and import of spirits and tobacco, the presidential press service said on Tuesday.

The decree establishes import quotas for cigarettes and a variety of alcoholic drinks.

It also forbids the sale of alcohol and tobacco from kiosks, cars and in the streets and only allows these goods to be sold in shops, strengthening an existing decree that was signed in 1996.

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