Last updated: August 18, 2020
Action Required for Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship Not Banned
Disclosure to the government by the tobacco industry of information on advertising, promotion and sponsorship activities and expenditures
The law does not require disclosure because virtually all forms of domestic and cross-border tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship are prohibited. Moreover, the types of advertising, promotion and sponsorship that are permitted do not involve expenditures. Therefore, a reporting requirement is not applicable.
FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines para. 43 provides, however, that while the requirement for this kind of disclosure applies only to Parties that do not have a comprehensive ban, all Parties should implement the disclosure requirement in that it may help Parties that consider that they have a comprehensive ban to identify any advertising, promotion or sponsorship not covered by the ban or engaged in by the tobacco industry in contravention of the ban.
Health warning messages required on permitted forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
The law prohibits virtually all forms of domestic and cross-border tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; therefore, this requirement is not applicable.
Disclosed information readily available to the public
The law does not require disclosure because all virtually forms of advertising, promotion and sponsorship are prohibited. Moreover, those forms not prohibited do not involve expenditures. However, in accordance with FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines paras. 42 and 43, the law should impose a disclosure requirement notwithstanding the complete ban and make information from the report readily publicly available.
