Kyrgyzstan

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. Therefore, tobacco advertising and promotion on domestic TV and radio is banned.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion on domestic TV and radio.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. Therefore, tobacco advertising and promotion in domestic newspapers and magazines is banned.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion in domestic newspapers and magazines.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. Therefore, tobacco advertising and promotion in other print media, such as pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, posters, signs, is banned.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion in other domestic print media.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. The definition of “advertisement and the stimulation of sales of tobacco and nicotine products” covers “any type of transmission of commercial information.” This is interpreted as including internet communications. Therefore, tobacco advertising and promotion by internet communications is banned.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion through internet communications.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. However, the law does not explicitly ban tobacco advertising and promotion via international or cross-border TV and radio. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Uncertain” is given.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should make clear that tobacco advertising and promotion on international (cross-border) TV and radio is prohibited.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. However, the law does not explicitly ban tobacco advertising and promotion in international newspapers and magazines. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Uncertain” is given.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should make clear that tobacco advertising and promotion in international (cross-border) newspapers and magazines is prohibited.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. Therefore, outdoor advertising of tobacco products is banned.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to outdoor tobacco advertising.

Point of sale advertising and promotion of tobacco products is banned. Only a list of available tobacco products with prices is permitted.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to point of sale tobacco advertising and promotion.

The law prohibits the display of tobacco products at point of sale and requires that tobacco products be stored in closed cabinets.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to point of sale product display.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. The definition of “advertisement and the stimulation of sales of tobacco and nicotine products” covers “any type of transmission of commercial information.” This includes advertisement and promotion by conventional mail. Therefore, tobacco advertising and promotion by conventional mail is banned.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion through conventional mail.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. The definition of “advertisement and the stimulation of sales of tobacco and nicotine products” covers “any type of transmission of commercial information.” This includes advertisement and promotion by telephone and cellular phone. Therefore, tobacco advertising and promotion by telephone and cellular phone is banned.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion through telephone and cellular phone.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. The definition of “advertisement and the stimulation of sales of tobacco and nicotine products” covers “any type of transmission of commercial information” that directly or indirectly promotes a tobacco product or tobacco use. This is interpreted as including brand marking of physical structures. Therefore, brand marking is prohibited.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to brand marking on physical structures.

The law prohibits free distribution of tobacco products.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines and meets FCTC Art. 16 with respect to the free distribution of tobacco products.

The law broadly prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. The definition of “advertisement and the stimulation of sales of tobacco and nicotine products” includes “any type of . . . activities with the intent, the result, or the probable result of stimulating the sale of a tobacco product or the use of tobacco and nicotine directly or indirectly.” The law also specifically prohibits the use of “price discounts through coupons, vouchers and otherwise” and prohibits the sale of tobacco products packaged with non-tobacco products. Taken together, this is interpreted as prohibiting all promotions with a tobacco product purchase.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to promotions with a tobacco product purchase.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products, including the organization of “contests, intended for, resulting or probably resulting in a direct or indirect incentive to purchase or consume tobacco products”. Therefore, competitions associated with tobacco products are banned.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to competitions associated with tobacco products.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. The definition of “advertisement and the stimulation of sales of tobacco and nicotine products” covers “any type of transmission of commercial information” that directly or indirectly promotes a tobacco product or tobacco use. Therefore, direct person to person targeting of individuals is banned.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion through direct person-to-person targeting.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. The definition of “advertisement and the stimulation of sales of tobacco and nicotine products” covers “any type of transmission of commercial information, recommendations, or activities with the intent, the result, or the probable result of stimulating the sale of a tobacco product or the use of tobacco and nicotine directly or indirectly.” This is interpreted as covering brand stretching.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to brand stretching.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. The definition of “advertisement and the stimulation of sales of tobacco and nicotine products” covers “any type of transmission of commercial information, recommendations, or activities with the intent, the result, or the probable result of stimulating the sale of a tobacco product or the use of tobacco and nicotine directly or indirectly.” While this could be interpreted as covering reverse brand stretching, it is possible that reverse brand stretching escapes the ban. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Uncertain” is given.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should make clear that reverse brand stretching is prohibited.

The law prohibits “manufacturing, selling and distributing of sweets, chewing gums, toys and other food and non-food products imitating tobacco products.” Therefore, toys that resemble tobacco products are banned.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to toys that resemble tobacco products.

The law prohibits “manufacturing, selling and distributing of sweets, chewing gums, toys and other food and non-food products imitating tobacco products.” Therefore, candy that resembles tobacco products is banned.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to candy that resembles tobacco products.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. The definition of “advertisement and the stimulation of sales of tobacco and nicotine products” covers “any type of transmission of commercial information, recommendations, or activities with the intent, the result, or the probable result of stimulating the sale of a tobacco product or the use of tobacco and nicotine directly or indirectly.” This is interpreted as covering retailer incentive programs.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to retailer incentive programs.

The law prohibits advertising and stimulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco products, and nicotine-containing products. The definition of “advertisement and the stimulation of sales of tobacco and nicotine products” covers “any type of transmission of commercial information, recommendations, or activities with the intent, the result, or the probable result of stimulating the sale of a tobacco product or the use of tobacco and nicotine directly or indirectly.” This is interpreted as prohibiting paid placement of tobacco products in TV, film and other media.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to paid placement of tobacco products in TV, film, and other media.

The law prohibits the “demonstration” of tobacco products in any newly created audiovisual works intended for children including TV, film, and other media, as well as performances. The law prohibits demonstration of tobacco products in any newly created audiovisual works intended for adults unless such demonstration “is an integral part of the artistic intent.” In previously created audiovisual works, a warning about the dangers of tobacco must be shown immediately before and during the product placement. In addition, the law allows demonstration of tobacco products when conducting public health campaigns, including in the media.

Because the law allows unpaid depiction of tobacco use or tobacco products that does not serve a legitimate purpose in previously created audiovisual works, albeit with a warning, the regulatory status code “Some Restrictions” is given.

To fully align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should prohibit all unpaid depiction of tobacco use or tobacco products in media that does not service a legitimate purpose, even in previously created audiovisual works.

The law prohibits “tobacco and nicotine sponsorship,” which is defined as “any type of input into any event, endeavor, or separate entity, the intent, the result, or the probable result of which is to stimulate the sale of tobacco and nicotine containing products or the use of a tobacco and nicotine, directly or indirectly.” In addition, the law prohibits the tobacco industry from making contributions to political activities. However, while the law prohibits the tobacco industry from publicly disclosing information about corporate social responsibility campaigns, it does not prohibit contributions to corporate social responsibility campaigns. Due to this exemption, the regulatory status code “Some Restrictions” is given.

To fully align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should prohibit all tobacco industry sponsorship, including tobacco industry contributions to CSR campaigns.

The law prohibits all forms of tobacco sponsorship except contributions to corporate social responsibility campaigns. However, the law prohibits the tobacco industry from publicly disclosing contributions to corporate social responsibility campaigns. Therefore, the law prohibits publicity of any permitted form of sponsorship.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to publicity of financial or other sponsorship or support by the tobacco industry.

The law contains a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising and promotion. In addition, the law prohibits the use of misleading terms and descriptors on tobacco product packaging, and or other designations that directly or indirectly create the false impression that a tobacco product is less harmful than another. Taken together, this creates a ban on promotion by means that are false misleading, deceptive or likely to create an erroneous impression.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to the promotion of tobacco products by false, misleading or deceptive means.