Source: https://staging.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/country/taiwan/aps-regulated-forms
Timestamp: 2020-08-12 20:08:11
Document Index: 74771582

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The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion through domestic television and radio.
The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion through domestic newspapers and magazines.
The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion through “poster, leaflet, notification, announcement, reference manual, . . . posting, display, or through any other written, [or] illustrated form.” This is interpreted as prohibiting tobacco advertising and promotion through all other domestic print media.
Although the law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion by television and radio, and any other electronic signal and digital recording device, the law does not specifically state that the ban applies to international TV and radio. Therefore, the regulatory status “Uncertain” is assigned.
To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should specify that tobacco advertising and promotion by international television and radio is prohibited.
Although the law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion by newspapers and magazines, the law does not specifically state that the ban applies to international newspapers and magazines. Therefore, the regulatory status “Uncertain” is assigned.
To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should specify that tobacco advertising and promotion by international newspapers and magazines is prohibited.
The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion through the internet.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion through the internet.
The law prohibits tobacco product sales through “mail orders, on-line shoppings, or any other methods through which the age of the consumers cannot be screened by the vendors.” Therefore, tobacco product sales by internet are banned.
The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion by “billboard, poster, leaflet, notification, announcement, . . . posting, display, or through any other written, [or] illustrated form.” This provision is interpreted as prohibiting all outdoor advertising.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to outdoor tobacco advertising and promotion.
The Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion through “poster, leaflet, notification, announcement, reference manual, . . . posting, display, or through any other written, [or] illustrated form.” This provision effectively prohibits any point of sale advertising and promotion by written or print media. Further, the Display Regulations prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion at point of sale by “electronic screens, motion pictures, movable setting, sound, scent, light or any other means that attract people’s attention.” Therefore, all point of sale advertising is prohibited.
The law restricts tobacco product display at point of sale. A tobacco product display that is in front of the counter must be at least 1.3 meters above the ground and 2 meters away from the cashiers. This restriction does not apply to displays behind the cashier, nor does it apply to street venders or business areas smaller than 6 square meters. The total area of display at each premise may not exceed 2 square meters. The display of each variant of tobacco product is limited to the largest area of the smallest unit sold. Displays within 2 meters of the outside may not face outside. The display must be such that health warnings on the products must be visible to consumers.
Finally, a tobacco-selling premises that is operated by a single business operator may have only one display of tobacco products. However, a department store or a large-scale multiple-business facility that has a total business area of 3,000 square meters or more with various merchandise retail sub-units may have one more tobacco product display area, or an additional tobacco product display area that is less than 2 square meters, for every 3,000 square meters.
None of the display restrictions apply to retail operations that sell only tobacco and liquor and other related products, nor do they apply to duty-free shops in international airports that sell only tobacco and liquor.
To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should prohibit the display and visibility of all tobacco products at all retail points of sale.
Arts. 4, 5, 6, 7
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13, the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, and FCTC Art. 16 with respect to vending machine tobacco product sales.
The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion through “leaflet, notification, announcement, . . . posting, . . . or through any other written, [or] illustrated form.” This is interpreted as prohibiting tobacco advertising and promotion through any kind of print media that might be sent through conventional mail. Therefore, tobacco advertising and promotion by conventional mail is prohibited.
The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion through any “electronic signal.” This is interpreted as prohibiting tobacco advertising and promotion through land line telephone and mobile telephone.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to tobacco advertising and promotion through telephone.
The law prohibits “tobacco advertising” through the use of “display, or through any other written, illustrated form, item or digital recording device.” The definition of “tobacco product advertising” is broad and includes any commercial action with the direct or indirect effect of promoting tobacco. These two provisions together are interpreted as prohibiting designs, images, logos or sounds to promote tobacco products on venues, vehicles or equipment.
Section 9 of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act prohibits advertising through “sample.” In addition, Section 11 of the Act provides that “no business premises shall provide customers with free tobacco products for the purpose of promoting or profit-making.” Therefore, the free distribution of tobacco products is prohibited.
Arts. 9, 11
The law prohibits 1) using discounts, gifts or prizes to sell tobacco products; 2) using tobacco products as gifts or prizes for the sale of other products or for the promotion of other events; and 3) packaging tobacco products together with other products for sale.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to the use of promotional discounts, gifts, prizes or rewards to consumers in conjunction with a tobacco product purchase.
Arts. 9(3), (4), (5)
The law prohibits “[u]sing tea parties, meal parties, illustration conferences, testing events, concerts, lectures, sports or public interest events, or other similar methods to conduct promotion or advertising.” This provision could arguably be interpreted to prohibit using competitions associated with tobacco products to promote a tobacco product. However, because competitions are not specifically mentioned, the regulatory status “Uncertain” is given.
To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should make clear that competitions associated with tobacco products are prohibited.
The law prohibits “[u]sing tea parties, meal parties, illustration conferences, testing events, concerts, lectures, sports or public interest events, or other similar methods to conduct promotion or advertising”. This provision is interpreted as prohibiting direct person to person targeting of individuals at such events to promote tobacco products.
The law prohibits “[u]sing merchandise with brand names or trademarks identical or similar to tobacco products.” Therefore, brand stretching on products is prohibited. However, the law does not prohibit brand stretching on services. Therefore, the regulatory status “Some Restrictions” is assigned.
To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should prohibit the use of brand stretching on both goods and services.
The law prohibits the manufacture, import or sale of candies, snacks, toys or any other objects in form of tobacco products.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to toys and candy that resemble tobacco products.
The law provides that “[t]he images of smoking shall not be particularly emphasized in television programs, drama or theatrical performances, audio-visual singing and professional sports events.” This is interpreted as restricting paid placement of tobacco products in TV, film and other media (by not emphasizing the product) but not prohibiting paid placement.
To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should prohibit all paid placement of tobacco products in TV, film or other media.
The law provides that “[t]he images of smoking shall not be particularly emphasized in television programs, drama or theatrical performances, audio-visual singing and professional sports events.” This is interpreted as restricting unpaid depiction of tobacco use or tobacco products in TV, film and other entertainment media (by not emphasizing the product) but not prohibiting unpaid depiction.
To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should address unpaid depiction of tobacco products in TV, film and other media in accordance with FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, paragraphs 29-32.
The law does not prohibit financial contributions by the tobacco industry. “Tobacco sponsorship” is defined as any donation of “any form to any events, activities, or individual, whose direct or indirect purposes or effects are to market or promote tobacco use to unspecified consumers.” Although defined, tobacco sponsorship is not otherwise regulated by the law. The law does prohibit using tea parties, meal parties, illustration conferences, testing events, concerts, lectures, sports or public interest events, or similar methods to conduct promotion or advertising, so contributions by the tobacco industry to such events would be limited.
The law prohibits certain sponsored events, but allows publicity of other forms of tobacco sponsorship. “Tobacco sponsorship” is defined as any donation of “any form to any events, activities, or individual, whose direct or indirect purposes or effects are to market or promote tobacco use to unspecified consumers." Although defined, tobacco sponsorship is not otherwise regulated by the law. The law does prohibit using tea parties, meal parties, illustration conferences, testing events, concerts, lectures, sports or public interest events, or similar methods to conduct promotion or advertising, so publicity of such events would be prohibited. Other forms of publicity are allowed in accordance with general tobacco advertising rules.
To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should prohibit all forms of tobacco sponsorship and publicity thereof.
The law prohibits the use on tobacco product packaging of “expressions such as light, low tar, or any other misleading words or marks implicating that smoking has no harmful effects, or only has minor harmful effects, on health.” This provision, together with the comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising effectively prohibits promotion by any means that are false, misleading, deceptive, or likely to create an erroneous impression about its characteristics, health effects, hazards or emissions.