The Parliament adopted the law on tobacco sales

Tobacco retail will be a state monopoly from the 1^st of July next year. The state can give a green light to applicants in the scope of a concession contract. The tobbaco law expects the establishment of seven thousand tobacco shops.

The National Assembly approved the law with  244 government party yes votes, 36 against and 26 abstentions. From the middle of next year, only traders who will operate under a concession contract (individual entrepreneurs and companies) can sell cigarettes. In the tobacco shops only tobacco products will be sold.  (MTI