Parliament remarks
A QR code application is among the options being considered to ensure age verification in cigarette sales. The Minister made a statement in Parliament. Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu came to Parliament as part of the “minister on duty” practice, then met with AK Party Group Chairman Abdullah Güler and MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli and made a statement to journalists.
The Minister explained the new method.
Covid figures
Memişoğlu stated that they are working on a new method to prevent the sale of cigarettes to those under 18. The Minister noted that under the draft law, age will be asked at the time of sale and that this could be done through a QR code like the one used during the Covid period or a similar method, emphasizing that the application has nothing to do with personal data or privacy.
Smokers want to quit.
Turkey measurements
Memişoğlu said that tobacco use is the biggest cause of stroke, as well as heart attack and cancer, in Turkey, and that 63 percent of deaths are caused by these diseases. The data show the table. Memişoğlu stated that the country ranks first in the world in lung cancer among men and shared the information that 80 percent of smokers want to quit smoking, according to research by Yeşilay.
Memişoğlu’s schedule
The Minister called for a fight. Memişoğlu stated that in a survey conducted with 220 thousand young people aged 13-15, 73.3 percent of them were able to buy cigarettes, and he also noted that the starting age is 17. The starting age is 17. Minister Memişoğlu, expressing that the success achieved between 2008 and 2010 has regressed, asked all of society to take ownership of the fight against smoking.