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Regulation 42 No advertising of electronic cigarettes in the press etc.

(1)

No person may in the course of a business publish, or procure the publication of, an electronic cigarette advertisement in a newspaper, periodical or magazine.

(2)

No person may in the course of a business sell, offer for sale or otherwise make available to the public a newspaper, periodical or magazine containing an electronic cigarette advertisement.

(3)

Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply—

(a)

to a newspaper, periodical or magazine which is intended exclusively for professionals in the trade of electronic cigarettes or refill containers; or

(b)

to a newspaper, periodical or magazine which is printed and published in a third country and is not principally intended for F1the relevant market.

F2(4)

In this regulation “the relevant market”—

(a)

in relation to Great Britain, means the market in Great Britain;

(b)

in relation to Northern Ireland, means the Union Market.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 42(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(27)(a) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(32) (with reg. 5))

F2

Reg. 42(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(27)(b) (as substituted) by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(32) (with reg. 5))