Vienna attracts the reins: new draft for sharper youth protection!

Vienna attracts the reins: new draft for sharper youth protection!

Wien, Österreich - Vienna, the state capital of Austria, attract the screws when it comes to youth protection! From 2025 there will be a amendment to the law that allows addiction and drug coordination to be able to test whether dangerous products are sold to young people under the age of 18. This was announced by Christoph Return (NEOS), who would like to bring the draft in the Vienna state parliament to vote in April 2025. In order to enable test purchases, young people are used as so -called "test buyers", who have to be accompanied by an adult and are specially trained.

Return made it clear that the test buyers should not keep anything within the framework of this program; The articles must be handed over directly to the accompanying person. This is part of a comprehensive reform of the Youth Protection Act, for example to clearly put nicotine bags under the ban for young people. Another central concern is the fact that the ban on gambling now applies not only to slot machines, but also to other forms of gambling. The law aims to better protect young people from the dangers of addictive behavior. As wien.orf.at , recurrence emphasizes the importance of these measures for the health of youth in Vienna.

amendment to the law as a prevention measure

These measures are no coincidence. The city of Vienna recognizes the urgent need to protect its young people from gambling and nicotine -containing products. In the future there will be clear regulations that ensure that young people are not pushed into dangerous behaviors. The amendment to the law will also ensure that the responsibility for this is with the parents, since they have to give their consent to the test purchases, as in the announcement of vienna.at noted.