The RA President Robert Kocharian signed the RA Law "On Introducing Amendments and Additions to the RA Law ‘On Advertising’", adopted by the National Assembly of Armenia on June 26. As it has been reported, according to the document, the advertising of strong alcoholic beverages (with the exception of cognac) and tobacco goods is banned in the electronic media completely, and in print media partially (see details in YPC Weekly Newsletter, June 22-28, 2002).
The Law will come into force from January 1, 2003.