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• Cigarettes to be Available From the Age of 18, As With Passports 

Giant tobacco companies operating in Kazakhstan and belonging to the coalition "Action against smoking among children and teenagers", has declared together with Almaty akimat a new stage of the program on restrictions on selling cigarettes to minors. . .

"Selling of cigarettes to minors in Kazakhstan should be stopped. We realize that tasks of such a scale could not be performed in one day, month or even a year, and we are ready for long-term serious work. We are firmly convinced that we will be a success, having united our efforts with those of sellers, teachers, parents and state authorities", - representatives of tobacco companies have claimed at a press conferences.

The program on restrictions on selling cigarettes to minors is a part of the "Action against smoking among children and teenagers", carried out by tobacco producers "Phillip Morris", "JTI", "Gallakher" together with executive offices of Kazakhstan including Ministry of Culture, Information and Public consent, Ministry of Education and Sciences and Agency on Tourism and Sport.

The republican youth movement "For Kazakhstan's future" has also supported the "Action against smoking among children and teenagers" and intends to take an active part in it.

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