{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-122",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-122.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/18",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026",
  "path": "section/122",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "122",
  "heading": "Causing publication, designing, printing or distribution",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) the person, acting in the course of business, causes the publication or distribution in the United Kingdom of an advertisement whose purpose is or effect will be to promote—\n(i) a tobacco product,\n(ii) a herbal smoking product,\n(iii) cigarette papers,\n(iv) a vaping product, or\n(v) a nicotine product, and\n(b) the person knows or has reason to suspect—\n(i) that they are causing the publication or distribution of the advertisement,\n(ii) that the advertisement has that purpose or will have that effect, and\n(iii) that the advertisement will be published or distributed in the United Kingdom.\n(2) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) the person, acting in the course of business, causes the designing or printing of an advertisement whose purpose is or effect will be to promote—\n(i) a tobacco product,\n(ii) a herbal smoking product,\n(iii) cigarette papers,\n(iv) a vaping product, or\n(v) a nicotine product, and\n(b) the person knows or has reason to suspect—\n(i) that they are causing the designing or printing of the advertisement,\n(ii) that the advertisement has that purpose or will have that effect, and\n(iii) that the advertisement will be published in the United Kingdom.\n(3) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or a fine, or both;\n(b) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court, or a fine, or both;\n(ii) in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;\n(iii) in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 122 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 176(2)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/18/section/122",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:55.816893+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}