The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the amendments to the law "on the marketing of tobacco products, restrict advertising and use" make law "on sales of tobacco products, restrict advertising and usage" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1997, no. 3; 1999, no. 22; 2003, 2, 23; 2004, nr. 4, 18 no, 7, 14; 2005. No; 2007; 2008 21 no, No 10; 2009 1., no. 14; Latvian journal, 2010, 34, 47, 205. No.) the amendments are as follows: 1. Article 1: expressions of paragraph 3 as follows: "3) smoking: a process which takes place during a tobacco product or tobacco product plants deliberate fires and use electronic smoking device or deliberate use in such a way that there is inhalation (inhalēšan), and which has resulted in smoke or steam comes out;" make point 7 by the following: ' 7) tobacco advertising — in any way distributed for commercial communication (for example, printed matter, posters, stickers, promotional images on the walls, radio shows and television shows, clips, motion pictures and videos), as well as action, the purpose of which is, directly or indirectly, to promote the purchase of tobacco products or usage, including the placement of tobacco products at points of sale, using various consumption-boosting effects [such as names (slogans), forms , images, colors, light and sound effects]; " to supplement the article with point 20 as follows: "20) electronic smoking device-electronic device for nicotine or other chemicals to enter the respiratory system, but is not intended to be used for treatment purposes." 2. Express article 2 by the following: ' article 2. The purpose of the law, the scope and principles (1) the objective of this law is to protect human health and the right to a clean and friendly, with tobacco and smoking products plant smoke, as well as with the electronic smoking devices vapours do not contaminate the environment. (2) this law determines: 1) tobacco, tobacco products and smoking plant product design and packaging units of tobacco products and smoking plant products distribution; 2 restrictions on smoking in public) and in other places in this law; 3) procedures by which public control of tobacco, tobacco products and smoking plant products, advertising, sponsorship and smoking restrictions in public and other legal areas. (3) this law in law comply with the following principles: 1) smoker respects other people's right to a clean and friendly, with tobacco and smoking products plant smoke, as well as with the electronic smoking devices vapours do not contaminate the environment; 2), the human right to a clean and friendly, with tobacco and smoking products plant smoke unpolluted air and the right not to promote smoking (including secondary tobacco smoke inhalation) borne diseases risk has priority over the interests of smokers to smoke. " 3. Turn off the article 4. 4. in article 7: make the second and the third part as follows: "(2) tobacco products and smoking plant products prohibited from sale: 1) State and local authorities, except for the national armed forces and prisons, which placed the minor prisoners; 2) social care, treatment and education facilities, including dormitories of educational establishments, and the authorities use areas; 3) store which is involved in trade in goods of children and adolescents; 4) authorities, cultural and sports facilities; 5) at the point of sale, retail sale of tobacco products which are not organized, individually served to each buyer, except for duty-free trade shops (type D customs warehouses), laid down in the customs legislation of laws and regulatory requirements; 6) through vending machines; 7) areas for which the assigned market status; 8) using the distance contract. (3) tobacco products and smoking plant products prohibited from sale to persons under 18 years, and these people may not buy them. To verify the person's age, the retailer is obliged to require the person to produce identity document. "; Add to article 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 of the part as follows: "(31) a Person aged between 18 and 25 years, purchasing tobacco products or smoking products plant is obliged to present an identity document to the retailers in all cases regardless of whether the retailer has requested it. (32) the tobacco products and smoking prohibited on plant products to sell to persons age a retailer is reasonable doubt and which after the retailer's request does not produce identity document confirming the person's age. (33) the monitoring and control of any request, the buyer is obliged to certify your person and age on presentation of an identity card. " 5. in article 7.1: replace the first, second and third paragraph, the words "health inspection" (fold) with the words "Centre for disease prevention and control (the fold); to supplement the article with the fourth paragraph as follows: "(4) Centre for disease prevention and control, each year, forward to the European Commission all submitted data and information about tobacco products." 6. Article 11, first paragraph: to express the point 1 and 2 by the following: "1) authorities of education and upbringing in the premises and areas in use; 2) treatment institutions, social care and rehabilitation institutions, prison facilities and areas in use, except in premises or places specially designated smoking. The relevant authorities or bodies internal rules may provide the opportunity for patients to these institutions or bodies of the inhabitants also smoking outside specially designated smoking, given this patient or inmate of physical and mental health; " Add to part with point 5.1 by the following: "51) on multi-family residential balconies and loggia, if any of the people of the House reasonably argue against it;" Add to part with point 13 and 14 by the following: ' 13) any other not listed in this article in a public place in the presence of another person if the other person to oppose it; 14 in the presence of a child. ") 7. transitional provisions be supplemented by the following paragraph 21: "Amendment 21 Article 7 of this law on the expression of the second paragraph of the new version shall enter into force on January 1, 2016." The Parliament adopted the law in 2014 October 30. The President a. Smith in Riga 2014 on November 15.