The mean age for smoking initiation was between 15-18 years. The Honduran Institute for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency, which is responsible for coordinating the country's anti-smoking program, has proposed legislation to control smoking in public places and to increase restrictions on tobacco advertising and on minors' access to tobacco. Cigarette advertisements appear in all the mass media. However, commercials on television are now prohibited during the daytime. Nevertheless, an estimated annual 60 hours of airtime per program are devoted to cigarette advertisements, despite increasing costs for these advertisements.
Newspaper advertisements appear mostly in the sports sections.
A government health warning is required in all advertisements and on cigarette packages. All cigarette sponsored events carrying a brand name must display a health warning. Protection for non-smokers Since 1987, smoking has been banned in cinemas during the showing of movies for children. A 1989 law prohibited all smoking in public and private schools, cinemas and theatres, and smoking has also been banned in collective ground, air, and sea transport. In 1991, the Department of Communication, Public Works, and Transportation decreed that smoking would not be permitted in transportation vehicles carrying eight or fewer passengers.