# Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002, Section 2: Prohibition of tobacco advertising


(1) A person who in the course of a business publishes a tobacco advertisement, or causes one to be published, in the United Kingdom is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who in the course of a business prints, devises or distributes in the United Kingdom a tobacco advertisement which is published in the United Kingdom, or causes such a tobacco advertisement to be so printed, devised or distributed, is guilty of an offence.
(3) Distributing a tobacco advertisement includes transmitting it in electronic form, participating in doing so, and providing the means of transmission.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/36/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-advertising-and-promotion-act-2002/section-2
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