The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Specialist Tobacconists) Regulations 2004
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2004/1277 |
| Year | 2004 |
2004 No. 1277
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES
PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND
The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Specialist Tobacconists) Regulations 2004
Made 6th May 2004
Laid before Parliament 11th May 2004
Coming into force 21th December 2004
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(1)(c) and 19(2) of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 20021, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, interpretation and application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Specialist Tobacconists) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 21st December 2004.
(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002.
(3) These Regulations apply to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Advertising in or outside specialist tobacconists
2.—(1) The requirements specified below apply for the purposes of section 6(1)(c) of the Act.
(2) Subject to the following paragraphs, each advertisement shall include an area in which are displayed, parallel to the floor—
(a)
(a) a health warning specified in paragraph (3); and
(b)
(b) the following health information—
“NHS Smoking Helpline 0800 169 0 169”.
(3) The health warning shall be—
(a)
(a) where not less than half of the area of an advertisement (excluding the area in which the health warning and health information is required to be displayed by paragraph (2)) is used to advertise tobacco products which are intended to be smoked—
“Smoking kills” or
“Smoking seriously harms you and others around you”; and
(a) in any other case—
“Tobacco products can damage your health and are addictive”.
(4) The health warning and health information required to be displayed under paragraph (2) shall cover—
(a)
(a) an area of at least 22.5cm2, where the total area of the advertisement exceeds 75cm2; and
(b)
(b) in any other case, an area which is not less than 30% of the total surface area of the advertisement;
and, for the purposes of this paragraph, the total area of an advertisement includes the area in which the health warning and health information are required to be displayed by paragraph (2).
(5) The health warning and health information which is required to be displayed under paragraph (2) shall be—
(a)
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