Sukhum/Agency Caucasus – The Abkhazian administration is seeking ways to encourage use of domestic products of alcohol and cigaret as a legal precaution against consumption of foreign products of the same kind.
The Abkhazian parliamentarians debated a draft bill about advertisements that make it illegal to advertise foreign products of alcohol and cigaret. If adopted, the bill will get signboards of advertisement for Russian and Ukrainian products removed from the Abkhazian streets.
Criticism was directed to unwillingness on the part of parliamentarians to take legal action against increasing consumption of alcohol in Abkhazia, however. Some parliamentarians argued that any kinds of advertisements for products of alcohol and cigaret had to be banned. The government is expected to modify the bill if it wants to guarantee parliamentarian approval for its full legislation.
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