Turkmenistan Pulls Cigarettes From Shelves in Anti-Smoking Bid

Source: Yahoo News - HealthTurkmenistan's authorities have forced shops to stop selling cigarettes, traders in Ashgabat said Thursday, after its president urged citizens to kick the habit. State anti-narcotics officials "came to our shop recently and forced us to remove cigarettes from the shelves, threatening us with huge fines," said Bairam Saryev, the 34-year-old owner of a small store in the capital. Saryev's shop was one of those targeted in a...