Vienna makes you serious: New laws to protect young people from nicotine!

Vienna makes you serious: New laws to protect young people from nicotine!

The Vienna city government has announced an important amendment to the Youth Protection Act, which aims to increase the protection of young people against nicotine products and gambling. According to the report of ORF Vienna , young people should be able to be used as test buyers in the future to check whether companies submit nicotine products to minors. This measure requires the consent of the parents and ensures that the young people do not keep any products and act accompanied by an adult. In addition, this change of law clarifies the ban on nicotine bags in order to clear up misunderstandings with tobacco -free products and to ensure comprehensive protection of minors. The responsible city councilor Christoph Return (NEOS) emphasizes the urgency of these measures in order to minimize the harmful influence of addictive substances on the life of young people.

young people fight against tobacco industry

parallel to the Wiener Initiative, a group of young people is committed to a more effective control of tobacco consumption at European level. Karina Mocanu, the youth leader of the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), explains in a report by