As of 16 August 2024, rules for the retail sale and consumption of alcohol and tobacco have been amended.
The amendments provide for the following:
prohibit the sale of alcohol and tobacco products to persons under the age of twenty-one;
require that all tobacco products have a medical warning in the form of an image showing the consequences of the disease and the corresponding text, taking at least sixty-five percent of the front and back surface of the consumer package of tobacco products, and at least forty percent of the main surface of the label in the consumer container of alcohol products;
set out the procedure for the retail sale of alcohol products and the sale of alcohol products by public catering establishments.
The amendments also set out that retail sale of alcoholic beverages (excluding beer, natural wine, carbonated and sparkling wine) in consumer plastic containers (consumer containers made entirely of plastic, polystyrene or other polymer materials) is not permitted.
Law: Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 507 of August 15, 2024 on Amendments and additions to some decisions of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan