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Enforcement

EU Advertising Directive

Labelling Directives

Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002

More Information
You can find all relevant legislation and regulations on the recently updated Department of Health website at www.dh.gov.uk. In the column headed 'Latest', click on 'A-Z site index'. Click 'T' for tobacco. Scroll down and click 'Tobacco'. For draft point of sale regulations scroll down and click on 'Tobacco Advertising'. For draft Specialist Tobacconists regulations scroll down and click on 'Tobacco International Work'.

Department of Health tobacco page
Department of Health tobacco advertising

Enforcement

Responsibility for enforcement of all tobacco legislation lies
with individual local authorities around the country and their
Trading Standards Officers (TSOs).

An organisation called LACORS exists to coordinate consistent
enforcement throughout England (other bodies do the same in
Scotland and Wales). LACORS will issue guidance to local
authorities on how regulations should be enforced. AITS and
ITPAC hope to be allowed to see this guidance so they can
assist the trade with compliance.

Please report any unexpected requests from TSOs to your
cigar suppliers, who can then clarify any issues through
industry contacts.

This page sets out Cigar Buyer Magazine's interpretation of the current status of
Government tobacco legislation and should not be taken as legal advice.