Greek New Legislation: ‘Minors’ protection from tobacco and alcohol products’
IN GREEK – INTERPRETING AVAILABLE
Christina-Maria Kravvari, Secretary General of Public Health, Greek Ministry of Health, will present the main points of the new Act that was approved by the Hellenic Parliament, as a good example of how tobacco and nicotine products should be regulated.
Some of the key points:
__the measures for the protection of the adolescents’ health from the serious repercussions of using and consuming tobacco and alcohol products both in physical and mental health, via:
- preventing any form, direct and indirect, of promoting these products by tightening the legislative framework which regulates their sale and offer (i.e. checking adulthood).
- establishing an effective control mechanism on the sales procedure in order to prevent the access to minors to these products (introduction of strict administrative sanctions and provision of criminal prosecutions).
- adopting measures for the prevention and the avoidance of exposing minors to these products, such as restricting their availability and accessibility.
__the measures on protecting the health and the safety of consumers as well as shielding public health, through the constant, targeted and effective monitoring of tobacco and nicotine products market via:
- the obligation of notifying and informing the Hellenic National Public Health Organization (EODY) on the manufacturers and the importers of these products.
- the regulations on the newer oral products (nicotine pouches) with a durable packaging, in terms of opening it by the children, maximum nicotine allowed limit, etc
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Speaker: Christina-Maria Kravvari
Chairs: Ignatios Ikonomidis, David T. Sweanor, J.D.
DISCUSSION | All
Commentator: Anastasia Barbouni
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