Source: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/country/england/aps-regulated-forms
Timestamp: 2020-07-09 23:18:03
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Tobacco advertising on domestic television and radio has been prohibited since 1964 and 1978, respectively. Various regulatory agencies have governed broadcast media in the UK over the years.
Current rules are found in the UK Code of Broadcast Advertising, issued by the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP), which prohibits advertising that promotes tobacco use or tobacco products. These rules apply to all broadcast media licensed by Ofcom (Office of Communications). All frequencies on TV and radio are licensed by Ofcom and are subject to the UK Code of Broadcast Advertising. Therefore, tobacco advertising is prohibited on all domestic broadcast media, including TV, radio, satellite, and cable, among others.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to domestic TV, radio, and other broadcast media.
The law prohibits the publishing, printing, devising, and distribution of tobacco advertisement in the course of business. In addition, it specifically bans tobacco advertising in a newspaper, periodical, or other publication published in the course of business in the UK. The law provides an exemption for tobacco advertising within the tobacco trade.
Tobacco advertising in print media is prohibited with the exception of tobacco advertising at point of sale. Because the point of sale exception is analyzed under a separate category, the regulatory status code of “Banned” is used here rather than “Some Restrictions.”
Therefore, the law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. Guidelines with respect to advertising in other domestic print media such as pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, posters, and signs. However, to fully align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should ban all forms of printed tobacco advertisements, including in all tobacco retail shops.
The UK Code of Broadcast Advertising, issued by the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP), prohibits advertising that promotes tobacco use or tobacco products. These rules apply to all broadcast media licensed by Ofcom (Office of Communications). Because Ofcom has the authority to regulate all broadcasters using the electromagnetic spectrum in the UK, it has the authority to license broadcasts originating outside the UK and broadcast in the UK. All frequencies on TV and the radio are licensed by Ofcom and are subject to the UK Code of Broadcast Advertising. Therefore, advertising on international broadcast media is prohibited.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to international TV, radio, and other broadcast media.
The law prohibits tobacco advertising in foreign publications imported into UK and aimed at the UK or European market. However, the law allows tobacco advertising in a publication printed in a country that is not a European Economic Area (EEA) State and whose principal market is not an EEA State. Thus tobacco advertising could appear in publications imported into England in limited circumstances, e.g., a publication printed in Asia and aimed at an Asian market but sold in England.
Because the law restricts the importation of international newspapers and magazines that contain tobacco advertising, the law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines para. 52, which states that “Parties should make use of their sovereign right to take effective actions to limit or prevent any cross-border tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship entering their territory.” However, to fully align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should contain provisions to ban tobacco advertising in all international newspapers and magazines, regardless of the country of origin and principal target market.
The law prohibits tobacco advertising via the internet aimed at the UK or European market. However, the law allows tobacco advertising via the internet if it is published by a person who does not do business in a European Economic Area (EEA) State and whose principal market is not an EEA State. Thus, tobacco advertising could appear on an internet website accessible in England but not aimed at the English or European market. For example, an internet website in Bahasa Indonesia aimed at the Indonesia market could be accessed in England and could contain tobacco advertising.
Although the law restricts but does not prohibit all tobacco advertising on the internet, the law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines para. 52, which states that "Parties should make use of their sovereign right to take effective actions to limit or prevent any cross-border tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship entering their territory." However, to fully align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should contain provisions to ban tobacco advertising in all internet communications, regardless of the country of origin and principal target market.
Sections 2, 3A, 4
Domestic internet tobacco product sales are allowed; however, cross-border internet sales are restricted.
With regard to domestic sales, the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act (TAPA) 2002, as amended by Section 4(5) of the TAPA (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (adding section 4(1B)), excludes the sale of tobacco products by internet from the definition of an advertisement. Therefore, the internet sale of tobacco products and their display on websites are allowed. The amendments to TAPA contained in the Health Act 2009 (Section 21, adding Section 7D to the Act) authorize the Secretary of State to adopt regulations for display of tobacco products and prices on a website. However, such regulations have not yet been issued.
With regard to cross-border sales, the Tobacco Product Regulations 2016 require a UK retailer who supplies tobacco products through cross-border distance sales to register with the Secretary of State and to verify the consumer's age prior to sale. In addition, the regulations prohibit a UK retailer from engaging in cross-border distance sales with a country that prohibits such sales.
The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act (TAPA) 2002 prohibits outdoor advertising under the general prohibition on the publication of a tobacco advertisement. Although the law, as amended by the Health Act 2009, permits the Minister to grant an exclusion for specialist tobacconists, the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Specialist Tobacconists) (England) Regulations 2010 provide that advertising may not be visible from outside the premises.
Sections 2; 6
Advertising at the point of sale is prohibited in most retail shops, but permitted in specialist tobacconists. The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Display of Prices) (England) Regulations 2010 set out requirements for price lists at retail tobacco outlets.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to advertising in most retail shops, but not with respect to specialist tobacconists where indoor advertising is permitted. To fully align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, all advertising and promotion at point of sale, including inside specialist tobacconists, should be prohibited.
Sections 2; 4(3); 6(A1)
Beginning October 1, 2011, the law prohibits the sale of tobacco products from an automatic vending machine.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13, the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, and FCTC Art. 16 (sales to minors) with respect to vending machine sales.
The legislation prohibits the distribution of a tobacco advertisement in electronic form by a person who is doing business in the UK. This is interpreted as covering telephone and cellular phone communications. Further, the UK Code of Broadcast Advertising (BCAP Code) prohibits advertising that promotes tobacco use or tobacco products. These rules apply to all broadcast media licensed by Ofcom (Office of Communications), which includes mobile phone providers.
To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should prohibit all forms of direct marketing.
The law prohibits the use of any name, logo or other feature of a tobacco product in connection with any non-tobacco product or service, if the purpose or effect of such use is to promote a tobacco product. Thus, brand stretching is prohibited.
The law prohibits the use of any feature associated with a non-tobacco product in connection with any tobacco product or service, if the purpose or effect of such use is to promote a tobacco product.
The law exempts from the advertising ban communications made in the course of business that are part of the tobacco trade. As a result, retailer incentive programs are allowed under the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002.
The Product Placement Regulations prohibit product placement in UK-made TV and on-demand programs of any tobacco product including electronic or smokeless cigarettes, tobacco accessories such as lighters and cigarette papers, or pipes intended for smoking.
The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002 can be interpreted as prohibiting tobacco product placement in other types of media, such as film, under the general ban on tobacco advertising, which includes a prohibition on distributing a tobacco advertisement in electronic form.
The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002 does not apply to unpaid depiction because the definition of advertising applies only to dealings in “the course of business.” However, the Ofcom Broadcasting Codes provides that in TV programs aimed at children, smoking must not be featured, condoned, encouraged, or glamorized unless there is strong editorial justification. Therefore, the regulatory status “Some Restrictions” is given.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to prohibiting misleading promotion of tobacco products.