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UCCC and NACC joint Announcement for II-ND Item of Chapter 23 of
"Georgian Legislation on Advertisement"
According to the II-ND Item of Chapter 23 of "Georgian Legislation on Advertisement", adopted by the parliament on February 18, the VII-TH Item of the VIII-TH Chapter should become active since January 1, 2002, prohibiting the: advertisement of strong alcoholic drinks and Tobacco products through the radio and TV, newspaper and journal's covers.
It should be mentioned, that during the recent period, media means started the presentation of considerations of the politicians, and among of them some PM's, that the state economy would suffer when the mentioned Chapter becomes active, which is wrong and makes us to think that the realization of the VII-TH Item of the VIII-TH Chapter possibly could be blocked in December-January.
UCCC and NACC can't stay in passive position concerning that fact and are ought to announce, that the blockage of the VII-TH Item of the VIII-TH Chapter on Advertisement Legislation would not be beneficial because of the following considerations:
Tobacco products and strong alcoholic drinks are representing the main cause of numerous diseases, disability and early death, hazarding the country economically and hindering it's development due to depriving the quality of life and person/life loses;
The advertisement of Tobacco products and strong alcoholic drinks, as the main cause of numerous diseases and death, is the same way non-moral, as the advertisement of other narcotic substances, FE: heroin, cocaine, opium, marihuana and etc;
In terms of legislative considerations, the blockage of the law would be the backward step, which will hinder the International integration of Georgia.
Moreover, in order of diseases prevention, the further hardening of the advertisement legislation would become necessary, which will prohibit the diet products, non-alcoholic drinks and all casual using products advertisement without the preventive license on advertisement, given if the products testing on health hazardous and early death causing physical, chemical and biological agents satisfies the hygienic reglamentation standards.
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