Stricter penalties for those who supply alcohol, electronic cigarettes and vaping devices to minors are provided for in a new bill which will be submitted to the Parliament very shortly.
The decision was taken in a meeting attended by the Minister of Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis, the Minister of Justice Giorgos Floridis, the Minister of the Interior Theodoros Livanios, the Minister of State Akis Skertsos and the Deputy Minister of Health Dimitris Vartzopoulos.
According to information, offenders who will sell these harmful products to minors will even risk imprisonment in addition to the financial fine and other administrative sanctions that will include the immediate sealing of the store or booth.
In fact, during the meeting, incredible omissions of the past were also identified, since during the days of the SYRIZA government, the number of police officers to control compliance with the anti-smoking law had been dramatically reduced, the penalties had been minimized, while a decision of a minister was also found which allowed the use of alcohol at private events (parties).
“Everything is now being done strictly for the protection of minors by intensifying controls” the Minister of Justice Giorgos Floridis told BIMA.
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