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Can a hotel have a humidor in its lobby or does this contravene tobacco advertising regulations?

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Published on: 14 August 2018

The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002 (TAPA 2002) Controls the advertising and promotion of tobacco products.

Tobacco displays are prohibited under TAPA 2002, s 7A in the following terms:

‘A person who in the course of a business displays tobacco products, or causes tobacco products to be displayed, in a place in England and Wales or Northern Ireland is guilty of an offence.’

Under TAPA 2002, s 1, a ‘tobacco product’ is a product consisting wholly or partly

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