Canton council commission disagrees on tobacco and alcohol advertising ban

A preliminary committee of the Zurich Cantonal Council is in agreement on practically all points of the revision of the Zurich Health Act. However, there was no agreement on the prevention measures against alcohol and tobacco consumption, as reported by the SDA news agency. To prevent addiction, the Commission for Social Security and Health (KSSG) wants to introduce a ban on billboard advertising for tobacco, alcohol and other addictive substances with comparable risk potential, as it wrote in a communiqué on Wednesday. The KSSG majority is in favor of a ban on advertising on public and visible private property. The minority, on the other hand, wants to restrict the regulation to public areas. The committee also wants to ban the advertising and sale of tobacco and alcohol to young people. A minority wants to extend the age limit to 18 in the interests of protecting young people. Two further minority motions call for a total ban on advertising and a ban on smoking in public buildings.