{"id":39159,"date":"2019-12-30T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/advertising-restrictions-and-bans-for-tobacco-products\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T20:01:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:01:59","slug":"advertising-restrictions-and-bans-for-tobacco-products","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/competition-law\/advertising-restrictions-and-bans-for-tobacco-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Advertising Restrictions and Bans for Tobacco Products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Austria, there is generally an absolute ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship. This includes, for example: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Advertising for filterless cigarettes;<\/li><li>Advertising for tobacco products if it creates the impression that the consumption of tobacco products is harmless to health;<\/li><li>Advertising for tobacco products in the form of comics;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exceptions to the Advertising Ban<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specifically excluded from the advertising ban is advertising that is exclusively directed at persons active in the tobacco trade, such as tobacconists.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advertising by Tobacconists<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside the tobacconist&#8217;s shop and on its exterior, tobacconists are generally permitted to display advertising for tobacco products. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Broadcast Advertising<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On broadcast media, i.e., on TV and radio, all forms of advertising for tobacco products are prohibited.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warning Notices<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the packaging of tobacco products intended for smoking, a warning notice must be affixed to the front. This may read &#8220;Smoking can be deadly&#8221; or similar. There are also precise specifications regarding the size of the warning notice, which are regulated in the Tobacco Act.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/competition-law\/advertising-for-motor-vehicles\/\">&#8220;Advertising for Motor Vehicles&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Austria, there is generally an absolute ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship. This includes, for example: Advertising for filterless cigarettes; Advertising for tobacco products if it creates the impression &#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":40255,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39159","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-competition-law"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"336x":false,"352x":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false,"yarpp-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Peter Harlander","author_link":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/author\/secondpromotion\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In Austria, there is generally an absolute ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship. This includes, for example: Advertising for filterless cigarettes; Advertising for tobacco products if it creates the impression ...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39159\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlander-partner.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}