Swiss vote to ban nearly all tobacco advertising thelocal.ch - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thelocal.ch Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Swiss voted on Sunday to tighten their notoriously lax tobacco laws by banning virtually all advertising of the hazardous products, partial results showed. Nearly 56 percent of voters and 15 of Switzerland's 26 cantons backed the near-total tobacco advertising ban, according to official results after all ballots had been tallied in 22 cantons. "We are extremely happy,"
EXPLAINED: What is Switzerland's tobacco advertising referendum all about? thelocal.ch - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thelocal.ch Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Swiss will vote on Sunday on whether to tighten their notoriously lax tobacco laws by banning virtually all advertising of the health-hazardous products. Switzerland lags far behind most wealthy nations in restricting tobacco advertising a situation
The CO2 law wonât âsave the glaciersâ
The committee against the CO2 law gathered 110,000 signatures in less than 100 days; 50,000 were necessary for a referendum. Keystone / Peter Schneider
The revamped CO2 law, which will be decided in a national vote on June 13, is too costly for taxpayers and will not make a significant difference, opponents claim. âState intervention is not needed to reduce carbon emissions,â says Patrick Eperon, one of the referendumâs initiators.
This content was published on May 23, 2021 - 10:00
May 23, 2021 - 10:00
Katy Romy
Journalist based in Bern. I am particularly interested in topics about society, politics and social media. Previously I worked in regional media, for the newspaper Journal du Jura and Radio Jura bernois.â¯