The placing of tobacco and tobacco-related products in retail outlets in sight is banned as of August 15, IPN reports.

Under the provisions, the list of tobacco and tobacco-related products available to be bought, with their prices, can be presented by the seller at the request of adult buyers.

The list should not contain pictures and the products should not be somehow highlighted by shape, color, lines, decorative or other technical elements.

It is also banned placing words or signs showing or suggesting that tobacco products, including heated tobacco products, pipes and accessories, are sold.

The provisions were to be applied as of this May, but the authorities put off their implementation amid the pandemic. The Ministry of Finance argued that the massive activities to change the selling place of tobacco products, especially in shops, will generate crowdedness.