Japanese government should also ban tobacco advertising

Country report on tobacco advertising and promotion ban – Botswana

Hungary introduces a total ban on tobacco advertising.

Although comprehensive tobacco control policy has yet to be adopted in Hungary, a legal framework for tobacco control is in place. The most important regulations on tobacco issues include: the 1997 Act on Advertising, amended by the 2001 Act on Advertising; the Act on the Protection of Non-Smokers and Some Rules of Consumption and Trade of Tobacco Products (smoke-free environments, rules of pur...

Point-of-sale tobacco advertising in Beirut, Lebanon following a national advertising ban

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to conduct an audit of point-of-sale (POS) tobacco advertising and assess compliance with an advertising ban in a large district of Beirut, Lebanon. METHODS The audit was conducted 3 months following the ban on tobacco advertising. Trained students observed all tobacco retail outlets (n = 100) and entered data into a web-based form using iPad(®) tech...

Tobacco marketing awareness on youth smoking susceptibility and perceived prevalence before and after an advertising ban.

BACKGROUND The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act (TAPA) was implemented in the United Kingdom in 2003. This study is the first to assess its impact on young people, examining smoking susceptibility (intention to smoke among never smokers) and perceived prevalence across three British cross-sectional samples (aged 11-16) before and after the introduction of the ban. METHODS Three in-home s...

Is it time to ban alcohol advertising?

Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of alcohol, with heavy drinking risking impaired brain development and future alcohol dependence. Advertisements increase expectancies about alcohol, leading to a greater likelihood of drinking. A systematic review of 13 longitudinal studies of over 38,000 young people found convincing evidence of an impact of media exp...