Tobacco-products might become a state monopoly

Tobacco-product retail might turn to be a state monopoly from 2012, in case the Parliament says yes for the law to protect minors and re-regulate the rules of tobacco retail.

The new bill was published on the site of the Parliament on Friday, and is linked to a number of MPs, among others János Lázár.

The bill was inititiated to make sure that a smaller number of miners opt to smoke: in order to achieve this, the retail sales of tobacco must be limited significantly.