In Saturday`s regular cabinet meeting, the controversial Law on Tobacco Control was approved to be amended on May 3rd.

The Amendment Bill, initiated by MP D.Erdenebat, was submitted as a matter of principle and included several suggestions and summaries to law makers by the Government.

A revision of the 2005 Law on Tobacco Control was adopted by Parliament in 2012 and entered into force on 1st March 2013.

This revision of the Law on Tobacco Control was widely seen as dispirited and caused negative consequences; therefore the new amendment bill was submitted.

In the new amendment the law makers proposed new regulations to create designated smoking areas and to increase the controlling system used.