Last updated: September 17, 2019
Action Required for Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship Not Banned
Disclosure to the government by the tobacco industry of information on advertising, promotion and sponsorship activities and expenditures
Law No. 174, effective March 2012, does not require disclosure. Although there is a ban on tobacco advertising under the law, some forms of promotion and sponsorship may not be covered by the ban. Therefore, disclosure of information on advertising, promotion and sponsorship activities and expenditures should be required. FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines para. 43 provides that while the requirement for this kind of disclosure applies only to Parties that do not have a comprehensive ban, all Parties should implement the disclosure requirement in that it may help Parties that consider that they have a comprehensive ban to identify any advertising, promotion or sponsorship not covered by the ban or engaged in by the tobacco industry in contravention of the ban.
Health warning messages required on permitted forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
Law No. 174, effective March 2012, does not require health warnings because there is a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines in this respect.
Disclosed information readily available to the public
Law No. 174, effective March 2012, does not require disclosure of information on advertising, promotion and sponsorship and, therefore, does not require that such information be made readily available to the public. To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should require disclosure on information on advertising, promotion and sponsorship activities and expenditures, and should require that this information be readily available to the public.
