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• Parliament considers smoking restrictions 

A planned amendment to the Georgian Administrative Procedural Code provides for confiscation of incomes generated from the illegal trade of tobacco products. The bill will be implemented together with a bill amending the Tobacco Control Law. The law would prohibit the selling of cigarettes within 50 meters of any health and education facilities. The bill amending the Tobacco Control Law, which was approved by the parliamentary sectoral economics committee on Wednesday, also provides for serious restrictions on smoking. In particular smoking would be prohibited in places used for public gatherings, in buildings used by public organizations and near fuel stations. The managers of state organizations will have to allocate specially ventilated sections for smoking.

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