Bulgarian Lawmakers Ban Tobacco Ads & Sponsorship (fwd)

[Robert Weissman <rob@essential.org>]

                        September 16, 1998
 Bulgarian Lawmakers Agree To
 Ban Tobacco Broadcast Ads

 Dow Jones Newswires

 SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP)--The Bulgarian parliament
 agreed Wednesday on a draft resolution banning
 tobacco from radio and television, including cigarette
 commercials and indirect advertising such as
 sponsorships of sports events.

 The ban is part of rules restricting the advertising of
 alcohol and other addictive substances on broadcast
 media.

 It is part of a law on radio and television expected to be
 completed and passed by parliament later this year.
 Passage is a virtual certainty, considering government
 parties hold the majority of seats in the legislature.

 The law prohibits alcohol advertising that addresses
 adolescents or that claims that the product can solve
 personal problems.