Tougher alcohol, cigarette laws planned

[FAT_AUSSIE]

Had this emailed to me thisafternoon....thought you may be interested.

 

 

Tougher alcohol, cigarette laws planned

 

BANGKOK: -- The Finance Ministry will today ask the Cabinet to enforce even stricter regulations on the sale of alcohol and cigarettes. The new rules will make legal the current decree on liquor sales after midnight and prohibit the sale of cigarettes in educational institutions.

 

The new ministerial regulations will also prohibit the sale of cigarettes in religious places and venues where tobacco-sales licences were previously revoked, a source at Government House said.

 

The ministry wants alcohol sales for permit categories 3 and 4, which cover alcoholic drinks manufactured inside and outside the country, restricted from 5pm to midnight instead of 5pm to 2am. Also, liquor licences will not beissued to venues near schools or religious places.

 

Meanwhile, the National Committee for the Control of Tobacco Use ruled yesterday that the convenience-store chain 7-Eleven had violated the Tobacco Product Control Act 1992 by stacking packets of cigarettes in display cabinets above cash registers.

 

The cigarettes catch customers? attention, revealing an intention to advertise, Disease Control Department deputy director-general Dr Narong Methapat said.

 

The Public Health Ministry has sent two warning letters to CP Seven Eleven Plc but would not send another. Instead, it will consult the Royal Thai Police next week to make arrests in Greater Bangkok and upcountry, Narong said.

 

If a store admitted to being guilty of breaking the law then it would face a Bt200,000 fine. Refusal to admit guilt would result in legal action. The ministry has been gathering evidence for a court battle, he said.

 

Narong said public health officials will inspect shops on a regular basis for cigarette displays and report infringements for legal action, adding that for chain stores the lawsuit would be filed against the headquarters and the branch.

 

Last week, the Council of State ruled that some cigarette displays, such as having packs of the same brand placed in open view to attract people?s attention, could be taken as a form of advertising.

 

--The Nation 2005-11-08

 

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[ALHOLK]

Just another reason to stay in Sweden, the land of the free. :onfire:

[BelgianBoy]

ALHOLK said:

Just another reason to stay in Sweden, the land of the free. :onfire:

:rotfl:

Europe and Sweden is way more regulated than LOS..... free ??? You have no clue !

 

BB

[rickfarang]

Just another case of some people telling others how to live their lives.

 

I kind of like the part about making the rule covering the 5PM to midnight sales "legal". Sooner or later they will realize that life is a lot simpler if they make the law first, then enforce it.

 

More seriously, limiting sales of alcohol near schools sounds like a better idea than not allowing supermarkets to sell in the daytime (not that there is a choice).

 

Not allowing the sale of cigarettes in religious places (like private homes with shrines in them?) may infringe on some people's previously perceived rights to religious expression and freedom.