El Salvador

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with several exceptions that do not include domestic TV or radio. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Banned” is given.

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

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with several exceptions that do not include domestic newspapers or magazines. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Banned” is given.

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 tobacco advertising and promotion with several exceptions that do not include other domestic print media. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Banned” is given.

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 tobacco advertising and promotion with several exceptions that do not include TV or radio. However, the law does not explicitly prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion on international TV and radio, the regulatory status code “Uncertain” is given.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should explicitly prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion on international TV and radio.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with several exceptions that do not include international newspapers or magazines. However, because the law does not explicitly prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion on international newspapers and magazines, the regulatory status code “Uncertain” is given.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should explicitly prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion via international newspapers and magazines.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with several exceptions that do not include internet communications. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Banned” is given.

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

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with several exceptions that do not include outdoor advertising. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Banned” is given.

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

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion but provides an exception for point of sale. All advertising at point of sale must be stationary and contain required health warnings and pictograms. The promotion of tobacco products and derivatives must take place inside places where events are held for such purpose, with access restricted to adults only.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines the law should prohibit advertising and promotion at points of sale.

While the law prohibits point of sale displays of packages or cartons visible to the street, it does not ban all point of sale product displays. Tobacco products and derivatives can be publicly exhibited in display windows inside establishments where sale is authorized, as long as their packages and packs show the images or pictograms authorized by MINSAL directly to the public, showing the harm that tobacco causes to people’s health.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should ban all point of sale product displays.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with several exceptions that do not include conventional mail. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Banned” is given.

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

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with several exceptions that do not include telephone and cellular phone. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Banned” is given.

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

The law prohibits the visible use of the name, logo or emblem of brands of tobacco products and derivatives or of tobacco companies, as well as any kind of advertising, promotion or sponsorship at social responsibility, sports, recreational, religious, cultural, scientific or commercial activities, among others.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to brand marking other than on tobacco product packaging and labeling.

The law prohibits the free distribution of tobacco products with several exceptions that include events where there will be direct contact and are exclusively for adult smokers.

The law meets FCTC Art. 16 with respect to free distribution of tobacco products to minors. However, to align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should prohibit all free distribution of tobacco products.

The law prohibits the distribution of tobacco products through contests or other promotional measures with several exceptions that include events where there will be direct contact and are exclusively for adult smokers.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines the law should prohibit promotional discounts, gifts, prizes, rewards to consumers in conjunction with a tobacco product purchase.

The law prohibits lotteries and contests that offer rewards, prizes or other benefits that promote tobacco consumption, as well as the distribution of tobacco products through contests or other promotional measures. However, the law allows exceptions for events where there will be direct contact and are exclusively for adult smokers.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines the law should prohibit competitions associated with tobacco products.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with exceptions for direct contact at events exclusively for adult smokers.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guideline the law should ban direct person to person targeting of individuals.

The law prohibits the visible use of the name, logo or emblem of brands of tobacco products and derivatives or of tobacco companies, as well as any kind of advertising, promotion or sponsorship at social responsibility, sports, recreational, religious, cultural, scientific or commercial activities, among others. The manufacture, importation, distribution for free or sale of foods, toys or other objects that have the shape, brand or design of tobacco products and derivatives, is prohibited.

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

The law does not explicitly address reverse brand sharing. However, the law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with a few exceptions that do not include reverse brand stretching or sharing. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Some Restrictions” is given.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines by prohibiting reverse brand stretching or brand sharing.

The law prohibits manufacture, importation, distribution for free or sale of toys that have the shape, brand or design of tobacco products and derivatives.

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

The law prohibits manufacture, importation, distribution for free or sale of foods or other objects that have the shape, brand or design of tobacco products and derivatives.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines on candy that resemble tobacco products.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with several exceptions that do not include retailer incentive programs. The law is interpreted to prohibit retailer incentive programs or other payments that encourage them to sell tobacco products.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to retailer incentive programs (e.g., rewards to retailers for achieving certain sales volumes, enhancing displays, etc.) or other payments to encourage them to sell tobacco products.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with several exceptions that do not include paid placement of tobacco products in TV, film, or other media. The law is interpreted to prohibit paid placement of tobacco products in TV, film, or 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, or other media.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with several exceptions that do not include unpaid depiction of tobacco use or tobacco products in media that does not serve a legitimate purpose.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to unpaid depiction of tobacco use or tobacco products in media that does not serve a legitimate purpose.

The law bans sponsorship of events, activities, individuals, organizations, or governments.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines on tobacco industry sponsorship of events, activities, individuals, organizations, or governments.

The law bans sponsorship, including of events, activities, individuals, organizations, or governments. Therefore, there can be no publicity of such sponsorship.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines on sponsorship which is banned.

The law prohibits most forms of advertising. The regulations prohibit misleading statements such as “light, low tar, mild.” Thus, the law prohibits misleading terms, but does not address images, logos, colors, or figurative symbols that may create an erroneous impression about characteristics or health effects.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should prohibit any promotion, including advertising, by means that are false, misleading, deceptive or likely to create an erroneous impression about its characteristics, health hazards, or emissions.