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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'.

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EU Advertising Directive

The Government has announced that it intends to regulate advertising on websites...

EU Advertising Directive (2003/33/EC)

Date to watch : No later than 31st July 2005

The Government has announced that it intends to regulate advertising on websites through the new EU Directive on Tobacco Advertising, which is why there are no regulations for websites under TAPA.

The Government is under an obligation to implement the Directive by 31st July 2005.

Business-to-business, tobacco trade websites will be exempted from the regulations, and the Department of Health has confirmed that it does not intend to outlaw the sale of tobacco products to consumers on the Internet.

However it is unclear what, if anything, it will be permissible to say about a tobacco product on a website.

The Department of Health has agreed to meet the Imported Tobacco Products Advisory Council (ITPAC) and the Association of Independent Tobacco Specialists (AITS) in November to discuss this issue.

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.