Tobacco advertising - the warning on the wall

Ross Denton

Germany may abandon self-regulation on tobacco advertising; the UK's first statutory tobacco labelling rules, and new EC health warning proposals all step up the pressure on tobacco advertisers.

Tobacco advertising

- the warning on the wall

Ross Denton

Germany's likely self-regulation turnaround, the UK's first statutory tobacco labelling rules, and new EC health warning proposals (maybe including 'smoking causes addiction') ...

There have been several notable developments in the area of tobacco advertising in the past few weeks. The first appears to be a result of certain political manoeuvring in Germany. Following on from the unification of Germany, and the recent national elections, responsibility for the administration of provisions relating to tobacco is to be divided between several ministries, rather than one as previously.

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