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The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with a few exceptions that do not include domestic TV or radio. Therefore, the law is interpreted to prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion via domestic TV and radio. 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 a few exceptions that do not include domestic newspapers or magazines. Therefore, the law is interpreted to prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion via domestic newspapers and magazines. 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 in domestic newspapers and magazines.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with a few exceptions that do not include other domestic print media. Therefore, the law is interpreted to prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion via other domestic print media. 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 in domestic newspapers and magazines.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with a few exceptions that do not include TV or radio. Thus, the law could be interpreted to prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion via TV and radio. However, because 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 a few exceptions that do not include newspapers or magazines. Thus, the law could be interpreted to prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion via newspapers and 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 a few exceptions that do not include internet communications. Therefore, the law is interpreted to prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion via the internet. 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 a few exceptions that do not include outdoor advertising. Therefore, the law is interpreted to prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion via outdoor advertising. Thus, 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 the name, drawing, picture, slogan or other material depicting or partly depicting a product made from tobacco from being visible to the public, for the purpose of advertising such products.

The law also prohibits the drawing, picture, slogan or other material depicting or partly depicting a tobacco product from being displayed on a non-tobacco product and visible to the public for advertisement or sale, with the purpose of advertising the product, including on buildings and other such places or things.

The law align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to all point of sale tobacco advertising and promotion (other than product display).

The law prohibits the display of packages or cartons of tobacco products in a manner visible to passersby on the streets. However, it does not ban all point of sale product displays. Thus, the regulatory status code "Some Restrictions" is given. Under Sec. 14(b)(2), the law permits a black and white price list to be displayed near the counter at points of sale.

The 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 a few exceptions that do not include conventional mail. Therefore, the law is interpreted to prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion via conventional mail. Thus, 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 a few exceptions that do not include telephone and cellular phone. Therefore, the law is interpreted to prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion via telephone and cellular phone. Thus, 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 telephone and cellular phone.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with a few exceptions that do not include brand marking. Therefore, the law is interpreted to prohibit tobacco advertising and promotion via brand marking. Thus, the regulatory status code “Banned” is given.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines in that respect.

The laws 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 with respect to free distribution of tobacco products.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with a few exceptions that do not include promotions with a tobacco product purchase. Therefore, the law is interpreted to prohibit promotions with a tobacco product purchase.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to promotion with a tobacco product purchase.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with a few exceptions that do not include competitions associated with tobacco products. The law is interpreted to prohibit competitions associated with 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 prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with a few exceptions that do not include direct person to person targeting of individuals. The law is interpreted to prohibit direct person to person targeting of individuals.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines with respect to direct person to person targeting of individuals.

The law prohibits any name, drawing, picture, slogan or other material depicting or partly depicting a product made from tobacco. However, this only applies to registration of brand names prior to the commencement of the act. Therefore, the regulatory status code "Some Restrictions" is given.

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

The law prohibits the name or part of a name registered for use on a non-tobacco product from being used on a tobacco product. However, this only applies to registration of brand names prior to the commencement of the act. Therefore, the regulatory status code "Some Restrictions" is given.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines on reverse brand stretching or brand sharing.

The law prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale and display of a tobacco product in the form of a toy.

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

The law prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale, and display to the public in a manner such that it can be viewed as being for sale, a tobacco product in the form of a food product or any other type of product. Therefore, candy that resembles tobacco products is prohibited.

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

The law prohibits defined tobacco advertising and promotion with a few exceptions that include transactions among the tobacco industry, and business documents all presumably for trade purposes. The regulatory status code "Uncertain" is given because it is unclear whether the exceptions permit retailer incentive programs.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, all forms of tobacco advertising and promotion should be prohibited, including retailer incentive programs.

The law prohibits tobacco advertising and promotion with a few 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 a few exceptions that do not include unpaid depiction of tobacco use or tobacco products in media that does not serve a legitimate purpose. Therefore, the law is interpreted to prohibit 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, including 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 with respect to publicity of tobacco sponsorship.

The law prohibits misleading or deceptive tobacco product packaging and labeling, including “words that state or convey that the tobacco product is less hazardous to health compared to other tobacco products” (unless approved by the Ministry based on submitted data and evidence gathered from reliable trials). However, the law does not address other false, misleading, or deceptive tobacco advertising or promotion. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Some Restrictions” is given.

To align with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines, the law should prohibit all promotion by any means that are false, misleading, deceptive, or likely to create an erroneous impression about the characteristics, health effects, hazards, or emissions of a tobacco product.