Source: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/country/djibouti/aps-regulated-forms
Timestamp: 2019-10-21 13:29:42
Document Index: 476729575

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The law imposes a comprehensive ban on any advertising for tobacco and specifically prohibits advertising on television and radio. Therefore, tobacco advertising and promotion on domestic television and radio is prohibited. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion on domestic broadcast media.
Arts. 25-28
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on any advertising for tobacco and specifically prohibits advertising in any print media. Therefore, tobacco advertising and promotion in domestic newspapers and magazines is prohibited. 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 imposes a comprehensive ban on any advertising for tobacco. Therefore, tobacco advertising and promotion in other domestic print media, such as flyers, is prohibited. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion via pamphlets, posters, and signs.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on any advertising for tobacco and specifically prohibits advertising on television and radio. Additionally, the law requires the Republic of Djibouti to participate in eliminating cross-border advertising. Read together, the law is interpreted as prohibiting tobacco advertising and promotion on international TV and radio. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion on international broadcast media.
Arts. 25-28, 30
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on any advertising for tobacco and specifically prohibits advertising in print media. Additionally, the law requires the Republic of Djibouti to participate in eliminating cross-border advertising. Read together, the law is interpreted as prohibiting tobacco advertising and promotion in international newspapers and magazines. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion in international broadcast media.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on any advertising for tobacco and specifically prohibits advertising over the internet. Therefore, tobacco advertising and promotion on the internet is prohibited. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion via internet communications.
Although the law does not explicitly ban internet tobacco product sales, it does prohibit “any form of commercial communication, recommendation or action with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a tobacco product, an accessory or tobacco use directly or indirectly.” Because selling tobacco over the internet can be considered a commercial action having as its purpose or effect the promotion of a tobacco product and therefore encourage the purchase or consumption of tobacco products, the law is interpreted as prohibiting internet based tobacco product sales. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect internet tobacco product sales.
Arts. 26 - 27
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on any advertising for tobacco via any media. Therefore, outdoor advertising is prohibited. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to outdoor advertising.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on any advertising and promotion for tobacco. Because the law does not include any restrictions and exceptions to this comprehensive advertising ban, it is interpreted as banning point of sale advertising and promotion. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to point of sale advertising and promotion.
The law does not specifically prohibit point of sale product display. Because the law imposes a comprehensive ban on any advertising and promotion for tobacco and contains a strong definition of “tobacco advertising and promotion,” it could be interpreted as prohibiting product display. However, it is unclear whether the law is being interpreted in this way. Therefore, the regulatory status “Uncertain” is given. To align with best practice, as reflected in FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should prohibit point of sale product display. The law should allow only the textual listing of products and their prices at point of sale, in accordance with FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines para. 13.
The law explicitly prohibits the sale of tobacco products by vending machine. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13, the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, and FCTC Art. 16 with respect to vending machines.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on any advertising for tobacco. Therefore, advertising by conventional mail is prohibited. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion via conventional mail.
Arts. 25-27
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on any advertising for tobacco. Therefore, advertising by telephone and cellular phone is prohibited. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion via telephone or cellular phone.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on any advertising for tobacco. Therefore, advertising by brand marking is prohibited. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion via brand marking.
The law prohibits the free distribution of tobacco products. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines and meets FCTC Art. 16 (sales to minors) in this respect.
The law prohibits the offering, distribution, or giving away of tobacco, tobacco products, and accessories on a promotional basis. Therefore, promotions with a tobacco product purchase are prohibited. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to promotional discounts.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising and promotion and defines advertising and promotion as “any form of commercial communication, recommendation or action with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a tobacco product or tobacco use either directly or indirectly.” The law is interpreted as including competitions associated with tobacco products in its prohibition because such competitions have the effect of promoting tobacco products. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to competitions associated with tobacco products.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising and promotion and defines advertising and promotion as “any form of commercial communication, recommendation or action with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a tobacco product or tobacco use either directly or indirectly.” The law also prohibits any incentives that encourage the purchase or consumption of tobacco products. The law is, therefore, interpreted as including direct person-to-person marketing in its prohibition because such targeting has the effect of promoting tobacco products. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to person-to-person targeting associated with tobacco products.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising and promotion and defines advertising and promotion as “any form of commercial communication, recommendation or action with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a tobacco product or tobacco use either directly or indirectly.” The law is interpreted as including brand stretching in its prohibition because such targeting has the effect of promoting tobacco products. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to brand stretching.
Arts. 25, 26
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising and promotion and defines advertising and promotion as “any form of commercial communication, recommendation or action with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a tobacco product or tobacco use either directly or indirectly.” The law is interpreted as including brand sharing (or “reverse brand stretching”) in its prohibition because such targeting has the effect of promoting tobacco products. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to reverse brand stretching.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising and promotion and defines advertising and promotion as “any form of commercial communication, recommendation or action with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a tobacco product or tobacco use either directly or indirectly.” The law is interpreted as including toys that resemble tobacco products in its prohibition on tobacco advertising and promotion because such toys have the effect of promoting tobacco products. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to toys that resemble tobacco products.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising and promotion and defines advertising and promotion as “any form of commercial communication, recommendation or action with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a tobacco product or tobacco use either directly or indirectly.” The law is interpreted as including candy that resembles tobacco products in its prohibition on tobacco advertising and promotion because such candy has the effect of promoting tobacco products. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to candy that resembles tobacco products.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising and promotion and defines advertising and promotion as “any form of commercial communication, recommendation or action with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a tobacco product or tobacco use either directly or indirectly.” The law also prohibits “all use of incentives that directly or indirectly encourage the purchase or consumption of tobacco products by the public.” Read together, the law is interpreted as including retailer incentive programs in its ban because they have the aim, effect, and/or likely effect of promoting tobacco products. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to retailer incentive programs.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising and promotion on or in any media. The law defines advertising and promotion as “any form of commercial communication, recommendation or action with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a tobacco product or tobacco use either directly or indirectly.” The law also prohibits “all use of incentives that directly or indirectly encourage the purchase or consumption of tobacco products by the public.” Read together, the law is interpreted as prohibiting the paid placement of tobacco products because paid placement is a commercial action with the aim, effect, or likely effect of promoting tobacco products or use. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to paid placement of tobacco products in the media.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising and promotion on or in any media. The law defines advertising and promotion as “any form of commercial communication, recommendation or action with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a tobacco product or tobacco use either directly or indirectly.” The law also prohibits “all use of incentives that directly or indirectly encourage the purchase or consumption of tobacco products by the public.” Read together, the law is interpreted as prohibiting the unpaid depiction of tobacco products or tobacco use in the media because unpaid depiction has the effect or likely effect of encouraging tobacco consumption or use. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to unpaid depiction of tobacco products in the media.
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on any tobacco sponsorship, and specifically prohibits growers, manufacturers, and merchants of tobacco, tobacco products or derivatives, and accessories to sponsor events or local, regional, or national activities, or to sponsor participants in such activities. Therefore, the law prohibits any financial sponsorship or support to events, activities, individuals, organizations, or governments. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to financial or other sponsorship by the tobacco industry.
Arts. 25, 28, 29
The law imposes a comprehensive ban on any tobacco sponsorship, and specifically prohibits growers, manufacturers, and merchants of tobacco, tobacco products or derivatives, and accessories to sponsor events or local, regional or national activities, or to sponsor participants in such activities. Therefore, the law prohibits any financial sponsorship or support to events, activities, individuals, organizations, or governments. As a consequence, there can be no associated publicity of such financial or other support. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to financial or other sponsorship by the tobacco industry.
The law contains a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. Therefore, there can be no advertising or promotion by means that are false, misleading, or deceptive. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to promotion by any means that are false, misleading, deceptive, or likely to create an erroneous impression.
Arts. 10, 25-27