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Sunday, December 24, 2017
Cabinet committee backs comprehensive ban on cigarette ads
A key cabinet committee approves a bill to ban the advertising of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
“The law would include a general prohibition on advertising tobacco products, with the goal of reducing the exposure of the public to advertising for such products, which cause death, disease and disability,” a press release from the bill’s two key avocates, MKs Yehudah Glick (Likud) and Eitan Cabel (Zionist Union), explains.
“A general prohibition on advertising is especially important to protect children and youths from the effects of marketing, which depicts smoking in a positive light.”
The bill wins the approval of the Minister Committee for Legislation on Sunday, granting it the support of the majority coalition as it heads to the Knesset.
The Times of Israel Community.