DUSHANBE, August 2, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- The bill on restrictions on the use of tobacco products, drafted under president’s proposal, in particular, prohibits the sales of tobacco products on the territories and near educational health, cultural, and sports facilities, according to presidential press service.

Besides, the law prohibits smoking in indoor public and working places, administrative buildings, offices of governmental and non-governmental organizations, health, educational, cultural and sports facilities, recreation areas, places for holding public events, halls of airports and railroad stations, public transport, except specially assigned smoking areas.

The law is expected to come into effect on January 1, 2011.

Those who break the law will have to pay a fee in an amount equal to up to 15 accounting indicators for physical entities and up to 300 accounting indicators for legal entities.  The accounting indicator for this year is set at 35.00 somoni.