Tobacco advertising ban in St. Gallen cinemas

 The St. Gallen cantonal council committee approved a new trade law that includes a total ban on tobacco products. The bill will go before the cantonal parliament in September. In addition to the existing ban on billboard advertising for smoking products, the canton of St. Gallen now wants to introduce a ban on tobacco advertising in cinemas. According to the news agency SDA, this would not only affect cinemas per se, but all public film screenings.