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Government bans cigarette sales in markets 

Ministries hope to block distribution points for smuggled goods but analysts question whether the government will combat the source of smuggling By M. Alkhazashvili

Excised cigarettes sold in local stores; officials now hope this will be the only selling points for tobacco

In an attempt to clamp down on contraband cigarettes entering the country, which the government says has risen dramatically, the government is to ban the sale of cigarettes in markets from March 1...

"In the markets and bazaars smuggled goods frequently appear alongside excised products. This is impossible to control because the smuggled products are often hidden under the stock shelves," Rezonansi quotes Davit Gelashvili as saying. The solution, he said, was to ban the sale of all cigarettes in such places.

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