PHASE 2 (GROUP 2 QUESTIONS) OF THE REPORTING INSTRUMENT UNDER THE WHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL 1. ORIGIN OF THE REPORT

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1 PHASE 2 (GROUP 2 QUESTIONS) OF THE REPORTING INSTRUMENT UNDER THE WHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL 1. ORIGIN OF THE REPORT 1.1 NAME OF CONTRACTING PARTY Slovenia 1.2 Information on national contact responsible for preparation of the report: Name and title of contact officer Full name of institution Mailing address Tomaž Čakš, MD MSc MPH Institute of Public health of Ljubljana, Zaloška 4, SI-1000 Ljubljana Telephone number Fax number tomaz.caks@zzv-lj.si 1.3 Signature of government official submitting the report: Name and title of officer Full name of institution Mailing address Nataša Blažko, Senior Adviser Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia Štefanova 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana Telephone number Fax number Web page natasa.blazko@gov.si Period of reporting 1.5 Date the report was submitted 29 June 2010

2 2. TOBACCO CONSUMPTION AND RELATED HEALTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS (with reference to Articles 19.2(a), 20.2, 20.3(a), 20.4(c) as well as Articles 6.2(a), 6.2(b), 6.3, 15.4, 15.5 and 17 as referred to in the respective subsections) 2.1 PREVALENCE OF TOBACCO USE Smoking prevalence in the adult population (all) (Please provide prevalence data for total adult population, and identify the age considered, e.g. 15 years old and over, years; see ) MALES Prevalence () (please include all smoking tobacco products in prevalence data) Average number of the mostconsumed smoking tobacco product used per day Current smokers Daily smokers Occasional smokers 5.80 Former smokers Never smokers FEMALES Current smokers Daily smokers Occasional smokers 6.20 Former smokers Never smokers TOTAL (males and females) Current smokers Daily smokers Occasional smokers Former smokers Never smokers

3 Please indicate the smoking tobacco products included in calculating prevalence for question 2.1.1: Industrially made cigarettes. Please indicate the age range to which the data used to answer question refer: 15 years and older. Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer question 2.1.1: European Health Interview Survey, end of Please provide the definitions of current smoker, daily smoker, occasional smoker, former smoker and never smoker used in this report. A person is a present smoker if he/she declares that smoke tobacco daily or occasionally. Daily smoker is a person that currently smokes every day and occasional smoker a person that currently smokes less often then each day. Please provide a brief explanation of the trend in smoking prevalence in the adult population in the past three years or since submission of your last report. Last data from 2001 (comparable study) show no significant change in prevalence of smoking.

4 2.1.2 Smoking prevalence in the adult population (by age groups) (If data are available, please provide prevalence data by age group, and identify the age group considered, preferably by 10-year categories, e.g , years) MALES Age group (adults) Prevalence () (please include all smoking tobacco products in prevalence data) Current smokers 1 Add age group FEMALES Current smokers 1 Add age group TOTAL (males and females) 1 Please provide here data on either all current smokers or daily smokers only, whichever is available.

5 Current smokers 1 Add age group

6 Please indicate the smoking tobacco products included in calculating prevalence for question 2.1.2: Industrially made cigarettes. Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer question 2.1.2: European Health Interview Survey, end of Please provide a brief explanation of the trend in current smoking prevalence by age group in the past three years or since submission of your last report, if data are available. data is available.

7 2.1.3 Prevalence of smokeless tobacco use in the adult population (all) (Please provide prevalence data for total adult population, and identify the age considered in , e.g. 15 years old and over, years; see ) MALES Prevalence () (please include all smokeless tobacco products in prevalence data) Current users Daily users Occasional users Former users Never users FEMALES Current users Daily users Occasional users Former users Never users TOTAL (males and females) Current users Daily users Occasional users Former users Never users

8 Please indicate the smokeless tobacco products included in calculating prevalence for question 2.1.3: data. Please indicate the age range to which the data used to answer question refer: data.. Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer question 2.1.3: data. Please provide the definitions of current user, daily user, occasional user, former user and never user (of smokeless tobacco products) used in this report in the space below. data. Please provide a brief explanation of the trend in smokeless tobacco use in the adult population in the past three years or since submission of your last report. data.

9 2.1.4 Prevalence of smokeless tobacco use in the adult population (current users) by age group (If data are available, please provide prevalence data by age group, and identify the age group considered, preferably by 10-year categories, e.g , years) MALES Age group (adults) Prevalence () (please include all smokeless tobacco products in prevalence data) Current users 2 Add age group FEMALES Current users 2 Add age group TOTAL (males and females) Current users 2 Add age group 2 Please provide data on either all current users or daily users only, whichever is available.

10 Please indicate the smokeless tobacco products included in the answer to question 2.1.4: data. Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer question 2.1.4: data. Please provide a brief explanation of the trend in current use of smokeless tobacco by adult age groups in the past three years or since submission of your last report. data Tobacco use by ethnic group(s) Current users 3 Add ethnic group Ethnic group(s) Prevalence () (please include all smoking or smokeless tobacco products in prevalence data) Males Females Total (males and females) Please indicate the tobacco products included in the answer to question 2.1.5: data. Please indicate the age range to which the data used to answer question refer: data. Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer question 2.1.5: data. 3 Please provide data on either all current users or daily users only, whichever is available.

11 2.1.6 Tobacco use by young persons Boys Age range Prevalence () (please include all smoking or smokeless tobacco products in prevalence data) Smoking tobacco Smokeless tobacco Other tobacco (e.g. water pipe) Current users 4 Add youth group years Girls Current users 4 Add youth group years TOTAL (boys and girls) Current users 4 Add youth group 13 years years years Please indicate the tobacco products included in calculating prevalence for question 2.1.6: Cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, pipe, roll your own cigarettes, chewing tobacco, snuff. 4 Please provide data on either all current users or daily users only, whichever is available.

12 Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer question 2.1.6: Global Youth tobacco Survey- GYTS 2007 Please provide the definition of current smoking/tobacco use used to answer question in the space below. Smoking more than 1 day in last month (30 days). Please provide a brief explanation of the trend in tobacco use by young persons in the past three years or since submission of your last report : prevalence of current cigarette smokers is lower in Current cigarette smokers- Boys: 2003: 21.4, 2007: 15.2; Current cigarette smokers- Girls: 2003: 23.9, 2007: EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO SMOKE Do you have any data on exposure to tobacco smoke in your population? If you answered to question 2.2.1, please provide details in the space below (e.g. exposure by gender, at home, in the workplace, on public transport). 80 of 15+ population was never exposed at home, 81,8 was never exposed in public places and publix transport. 7.6 of population 15+ was exposed in their workplace. This data refer to the time cca 3 months after the introuction of ban on smoking in all enclosed public working places in August Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer question 2.2.1: European Health Interview Survey, end of TOBACCO-RELATED MORTALITY Do you have information on tobacco-related mortality in your population? If you answered to question 2.3.1, what is the estimated total number of deaths attributable to tobacco use in your population? If available, please provide any additional information on mortality attributable to tobacco use (e.g. lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases) in your jurisdiction Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer questions and 2.3.3, and please submit a copy of the study you refer to: 2.4 TOBACCO-RELATED COSTS Do you have information on the economic burden of tobacco use in your population, e.g. the overall cost of tobacco use imposed on your society?

13 2.4.2 If you answered to question 2.4.1, please provide details (e.g. direct (health care-related) and indirect costs and, if possible, the method used to estimate these costs) Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer question 2.4.2, and please submit a copy of the study you refer to:

14 2.5 SUPPLY OF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS Smoking tobacco products Add product (with reference to Articles 6.2(b), 20.4(c), and 15.5) Licit supply of tobacco products Product cigarettes cigars Unit (e.g. pieces, tonnes) pieces pieces Domestic production Exports Imports tobacco kg Smokeless tobacco products Add product Other tobacco products Add product Tobacco Leaves Please provide information on the volumes of duty-free sales (e.g. product, unit, quantity), if available.

15 2.5.3 passengers are allowed to carry in their personal luggage the following quantities of tobacco products: cigarettes small cigars (cigars weighing max 3 grams per piece), or - 50 cigars, or grams of smoking tobacco, or - proportional quantity of different above mentioned tobacco products. The above mentioned duty free sales volumes do not apply to persons under 17 years of age. Border crossers (people living in the near vicinity of border crossings) are allowed to carry the following quantities of tobacco products: - 25 cigarettes, or - 10 cigarillos (cigars max 3 grams per piece), or - 5 cigars, or grams of smoking tobacco or - proportional quantity of different above mentioned tobacco products; and Parcels are allowed to contain: - 50 cigarettes, or - 25 cigarillos (cigars weighing max 3 grams per piece), or - 10 cigars, or - 50 grams of smoking tobacco. Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer questions and 2.5.2: 2009, Customs Administration of the Republic of Slovenia

16 2.6 SEIZURES OF ILLICIT TOBACCO PRODUCTS Smoking tobacco products (with reference to Article 15.5) Year Product Unit (e.g. millions of pieces) Quantity seized 2009 cigarettes millions of pieces cigarettes millions of pieces Add row 2007 cigarettes millions of pieces Smoking tobacco products Add row Smoking tobacco products Add row Do you have any information on the percentage of smuggled tobacco products on the national tobacco market? If you answered to question 2.6.2, what percentage of the national tobacco market do smuggled tobacco products constitute? If you answered to question and you have information available, what is the trend over the past three years or since submission of your last report in the percentage of smuggled tobacco products in relation to the national tobacco market? In ,25, in ,48 Please provide any further information on illicit or smuggled tobacco products. We analysed the trends of 2008 and Manly (cigarettes) small amount were smuggled in the personal cars, buses or vans. The starting points from Sought East Europe (Romania, Moldavia, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ). The final destinations remain the same EU west countries (Italy, Austria, Germany, France,..). Moldavia appeared as more frequently involved compared with previous years. Trucks as means of transport were not involved so often as previous years. The most frequent smuggled brands remain: Marlboro, Memphis, L&M. Please indicate the source of the data used to answer questions in section 2.6: Customs information sources (data bases). 2.7 TOBACCO-GROWING Is there any tobacco-growing in your jurisdiction?

17 2.7.2 If you answered to question 2.7.1, please provide information on the number of workers involved in tobacco-growing. If available, please provide this figure broken down by gender Please provide, if available, the share of the value of tobacco leaf production in the national gross domestic product Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer questions in section 2.7: 2.8 TAXATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS (with reference to Articles 6.2(a) and 6.3) What proportion of the retail price of the most popular price category of tobacco product consists of taxes (e.g. sum of excise, sales and import duties (if applicable) and value added tax/goods and services tax (VAT/GST))? How are the excise taxes levied (what types of taxes are levied)? Specific tax only Ad valorem tax only Combination of specific and ad valorem taxes More complex structure (please explain: ) If available, please provide details on the rates of taxation for tobacco products at all levels of Government and be as specific as possible (specify the type of tax, e.g. VAT, sales, import duties) Product Type of tax Rate or amount Base of tax 5 Smoking tobacco products Add product cigarettes excise pieces cigarettes excise 0.44 cigarettes import duty cigarettes VAT 0.20 of retail price of customs value of assessment cigars excise pieces cigars excise 0.05 cigars import duty 0.26 cigars VAT 0.20 of retail price of customs value of assessment 5 The base of the tax should clearly indicate the tax rate or amount the tax is based on. If the tax is expressed as a percentage (e.g. ad valorem tax), the base of the tax is the actual value of the good that is taxed; for example, 45 of the manufacturer s price, 30 of the retail price. In this case the base is the manufacturer s price or retail price. If the tax is expressed as an amount (e.g. specific tax), the base of the tax is the volume (number of pieces or by weight) of goods that is taxed. For example, if a tax is US$ 5 per 100 cigarettes, the amount of tax is US$ 5 and the base of the tax is 100 cigarettes.

18 tobacco excise kg tobacco excise kg tobacco import duty 0.74 tobacco VAT 0.20 of customs value of assessement Smokless tobacco products Add product Other tobacco products Add product Please briefly describe the trends in taxation for tobacco products in the past three years or since submission of your last report in your jurisdiction. Excise duty was increasing Do you earmark any percentage of your taxation income for funding any national plan or strategy on tobacco control in your jurisdiction? (In reference to Article 26) If you answered to question 2.8.5, please provide details in the space below Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer questions to 2.8.6: 2010, Customs Administration of the Republic of Slovenia

19 2.9 PRICE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS (with reference to Article 6.2(a)) Domestic Please provide the retail prices of the three most widely sold brands of domestic and imported tobacco products at the most widely used point of sale in your capital city. Smoking tobacco products Most widely sold brand Smokeless tobacco products Other tobacco products Number of units or amount per package Retail price Imported Malboro Gold 20 2,8 West Blue 20 2,35 Malboro Red 20 2,8

20 2.9.2 Please indicate the year and source of the data used to answer question , Customs Administration of the Republic of Slovenia Please provide the currency used to complete the Rate or amount section of question and the Retail price section of question If known, please provide the exchange rate of this currency to US dollars as well as the date of this exchange rate. EUR Please briefly describe the trend in the prices of tobacco products in the past three years or since submission of your last report in your jurisdiction. The prices of tobacco products were increasing.

21 3. LEGISLATION, REGULATION AND POLICIES 3.1 Article GENERAL OBLIGATIONS (with reference to Article 5) General obligations Have you developed and implemented comprehensive multisectoral national tobacco control strategies, plans and programmes in accordance with the Convention? If you answered to question , have you partially developed and implemented tobacco control strategies by including tobacco control in national health, public health or health promotion strategies, plans and programmes? If you answered to question , is any aspect of tobacco control that is referred to in the Convention included in any national strategy, plan or programme? (a) Have you established or reinforced and financed a focal point for tobacco control a tobacco control unit a national coordinating mechanism for tobacco control If you answered to any of the questions under , please provide details (e.g. the nature of the national coordinating mechanism, the institution to which the focal point for tobacco control or the tobacco control unit belongs). Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia and Institute of Public Health of Ljubljana Please provide a brief description of the progress made in implementing Article 5.1 and 5.2 (General obligations) in the past three years or since submission of your last report. Slovenia is planning to adopt National Action Plan for tobacco control for the next two years If you have any relevant information pertaining to but not covered in this section, please provide details in the space below.

22 Protection of public health policies with respect to tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry (Please check or. For affirmative answers, please provide a brief summary in the space provided at the end of the section and attach the relevant documentation. Please provide documentation, if available, in one of the six official languages.) Have you adopted and implemented, where appropriate, legislative, executive, administrative or other measures or have you implemented, where appropriate, programmes on any of the following: protecting public health policies with respect to tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry? ensuring that the public has access, in accordance with Article 12(c), to a wide range of information on tobacco industry activities relevant to the objectives of the Convention, such as in a public repository? If you answered to any of the questions under or , please provide details in the space below. IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 5.3 FCTC: CIVIL SERVANTS ACT (OFFICIAL GAZETTE, NO. 56/2002): Article 100 (Performance of other activities and the conflict of interest) 1) Officials may not perform other activities: 1. if the activity violates the prohibition of competition or the competition clause pursuant to the law governing employment; 2. if the performance of activity might affect the impartiality of the performance of work; 3. if the performance of activity might result in the abuse of data accessible at the performance of the tasks at work, that are not accessible to the public; 4. if the performance of activity is harmful to the reputation of the body. 2) Officials must notify the principal of their performance of the activities that they believe is contrary, or could run contrary, to the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article, prior to the commencement of such activities. The violation of the duty under this paragraph shall constitute a minor disciplinary violation. 3) The principal shall by order prohibit officials from performing activities under paragraph 1 of this Article. 4) The duties of notification and the restrictions under this Article shall not apply to activities relating to scientific and educational work, work in associations and organisations in the field of culture, art, sport, humanitarian activities and other

23 similar associations and organisations, work in the area of journalism, and to membership and activities in political parties. 5) Officials holding the positions of director-general, secretary-general, the principal of Body within Ministry, the principal of a Government Office, the principal of Administrative Unit and the director of municipal administration (municipal secretary), may not perform any profitable activities with the exception of activities in the field of science, research, education, art, journalism and culture. 6) Legal entities in which officials under the preceding paragraph, or their spouses, their lineal relatives or their collateral relatives three times removed, hold a share exceeding 20 per cent, may not enter business relations with bodies in which officials work. Contracts concluded contrary to the provision of this Article shall be null and void. 7) Official that believes a situation has arisen in which his personal interests might affect the impartiality and objectivity of the performance of his tasks, or where the circumstances of the situation might cast doubt as to his impartiality and objectivity, must, immediately or as soon as practical under the circumstances, notify the principal and act in accordance with his instructions. In such cases, the principal must assure that the tasks are performed lawfully, impartially and objectively, or must verify that the tasks were performed in such a manner. PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT (OFFICIAL GAZETTE, NO. 2/2004) POLITICAL PARTIES ACT (OFFICIAL GAZETTE, NO. 62/1994) ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN ACT (OFFICIAL GAZETTE 41/2007) Please provide a brief description of the progress made in implementing Article 5.3 in the past three years or since submission of your last report If you have any relevant information pertaining to but not covered in this section, please provide details in the space below.

24 3.2 Article MEASURES RELATING TO THE REDUCTION OF DEMAND FOR TOBACCO (with reference to Articles 6 14) Price and tax measures to reduce the demand for tobacco (Please check or. For affirmative answers, please provide a brief summary in the space provided at the end of the section and attach the relevant documentation. Please provide documentation, if available, in one of the six official languages.) Have you adopted and implemented, where appropriate, legislative, executive, administrative or other measures or have you implemented, where appropriate, programmes on any of the following: (a) tax policies and, where appropriate, price policies on tobacco products so as to contribute to the health objectives aimed at reducing tobacco consumption? (b) prohibiting or restricting, as appropriate, sales to international travellers of tax- and duty-free tobacco products? prohibiting or restricting, as appropriate, imports by international travellers of tax- and duty-free tobacco products? Please provide a brief description of the progress made in implementing Article 6 (Price and tax measures to reduce the demand for tobacco) in the past three years or since submission of your last report If you have any relevant information pertaining to but not covered in this section, please provide details in the space below.

25 Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke (Please check or. For affirmative answers, please provide a brief summary in the space provided at the end of the section and attach the relevant documentation. Please provide documentation, if available, in one of the six official languages.) Have you adopted and implemented, where appropriate, legislative, executive, administrative or other measures or have you implemented, where appropriate, programmes on any of the following: protection from exposure to tobacco smoke in indoor workplaces? If you answered to question , how comprehensive is the protection from exposure to tobacco smoke in the following indoor workplaces: government buildings Complete Partial ne health-care facilities educational facilities private workplaces motor vehicles used as places of work (e.g., ambulances, delivery vehicles) other (please specify: Smoking shall also be prohibited in areas that are not deemed enclosed places, if they are part of the appurtenant functional land of areas where childcare and education are provided. ) protection from exposure to tobacco smoke in public transport? If you answered to question , how comprehensive is the protection from exposure to tobacco smoke in the following types of public transport: Complete Partial ne airplanes trains

26 ground public transport (buses, trolleybuses, trams) taxis other (please specify: )

27 On 5 August 2007 the Act Amending the Restriction of the Use of Tobacco Products Act entered into force in Slovenia, prohibiting smoking in all enclosed workplaces. Workplace pursuant to this act means any closed area under the control of an employer where work and services are performed for the employer. The principal goal of the act is total protection of the employees in all occupational groups against the exposure to harmful effects of the tobacco smoke at the workplace. The Act allows smoking only in separate smoking rooms of the accommodation facilities and other facilities that provide overnight stays, in the residential rooms of the old people's homes and in prisons, in separate smoking rooms of the psychiatric hospitals and in the rooms designed specially for smoking- the so called smoking rooms. These smoking rooms are a novelty introduced by this act; however, it is not allowed to bring or serve food and drinks inside and they can comprise no more than 20 of the total area of the public or working place. Smoking rooms are not allowed in places to which total ban of smoking has applied so far, i.e. healthcare and educational institutions protection from exposure to tobacco smoke in indoor public places? If you answered to question , how comprehensive is the protection from exposure to tobacco smoke in the following indoor public places: cultural facilities Complete Partial ne bars nightclubs restaurants other (please specify: Public places are those designed for activities in the fields of healthcare, childcare, education, social work, traffic, public transport, trade, catering and tourism, sport and recreation, and culture.) Please provide a brief summary of complete and partial measures, with specific details of the partial measures that have been implemented. Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke in indoor workplaces

28 may not exceed more than 20 of the total surface area of the public space and/or work premises, - the space must be designed exclusively for smoking, with service not allowed in the space, - food and beverages may not be consumed in the space. We have very strict Rules on the conditions which must be fulfilled by smoking rooms. Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke in public transport The Act Amending the Restriction of the Use of Tobacco Products Act prohibits smoking in all means of public transport (buses, taxis, airplanes, trains, ambulances.) Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke in indoor public places On 5 August 2007 the Act Amending the Restriction of the Use of Tobacco Products Act entered into force in Slovenia, prohibiting smoking in pulic places, including bars and restaurants. Public places pursuant to this act are those designed for activites in the fields of healthcare, childcare, education, social work, traffic, public transport, trade, catering and tourism, sport and recreation, and culture. Public spaces specified in the previous paragraph are specifically waiting rooms, conference rooms, cinema halls, theatres, health, childcare, education and social institutes, catering premises, shops, sports halls, means of public transport, lifts, cable cars, public toilerts and other spaces where non-smokers are exposed to cigarette smoke against their will The Act allows smoking only in separate smoking rooms, however, it is not allowed to bring or serve food and drnks inside and they can comprise no more than 20 of the total area of the publiv place. Smoking rooms are not allowed in places to which total ban of smoking has applied do far, i.e. healthcare and educational institutions. Please provide a brief description of the progress made in implementing Article 8 (Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke) in the past three years or since submission of your last report If you have any relevant information pertaining to but not covered in this section, please provide details in the space below.

29 Regulation of the contents of tobacco products (Please check or. For affirmative answers, please provide a brief summary in the space provided at the end of the section and attach the relevant documentation. Please provide documentation, if available, in one of the six official languages.) Have you adopted and implemented, where appropriate, legislative, executive, administrative or other measures or have you implemented, where appropriate, programmes on any of the following: testing and measuring the contents of tobacco products? testing and measuring the emissions of tobacco products? regulating the contents of tobacco products? regulating the emissions of tobacco products? Please provide a brief description of the progress made in implementing Article 9 (Regulation of the contents of tobacco products) in the past three years or since submission of your last report If you have any relevant information pertaining to but not covered in this section, please provide details in the space below.

30 Regulation of tobacco product disclosures (Please check or. For affirmative answers, please provide a brief summary in the space provided at the end of the section and attach the relevant documentation. Please provide documentation, if available, in one of the six official languages.) Have you adopted and implemented, where appropriate, legislative, executive, administrative or other measures or have you implemented, where appropriate, programmes on any of the following: requiring manufacturers or importers of tobacco products to disclose to Government authorities information about the: contents of tobacco products? emissions of tobacco products? requiring public disclosure of information about the: contents of tobacco products? emissions of tobacco products? Please provide a brief description of the progress made in implementing Article 10 (Regulation of tobacco product disclosures) in the past three years or since submission of your last report If you have any relevant information pertaining to but not covered in this section, please provide details in the space below.

31 Packaging and labelling of tobacco products (Please check or. For affirmative answers, please provide a brief summary in the space provided at the end of the section and attach the relevant documentation. Please provide documentation, if available, in one of the six official languages.) Have you adopted and implemented, where appropriate, legislative, executive, administrative or other measures or have you implemented, where appropriate, programmes on any of the following: requiring that packaging, individual cigarettes or other tobacco products do not carry advertising or promotion? (a) requiring that packaging and labelling do not promote a product by any means that are false, misleading, deceptive or likely to create an erroneous impression about its characteristics, health effects, hazards or emissions? (b) requiring that each unit packet and package of tobacco products and any outside packaging and labelling of such products carry health warnings describing the harmful effects of tobacco use? (b)(i) ensuring that the health warnings are approved by the competent national authority? (b)(ii) ensuring that the health warnings are rotated? (b)(iii) ensuring that the health warnings are clear, visible and legible? (b)(iv) ensuring that the health warnings occupy no less than 30 of the principal display areas? ensuring that the health warnings occupy 50 or more of the principal display areas? (b)(v) ensuring that health warnings are in the form of, or include, pictures or pictograms?

32 If you answered to question , does the Government own the copyright to these pictures and pictograms? If you answered to question , would you grant a nonexclusive and royalty-free licence for the use of health warnings developed in your jurisdiction with other Parties? requiring that each unit packet and package of tobacco products and any outside packaging and labelling of such products contain information on relevant constituents and emissions of tobacco products? requiring that the warnings and other textual information appear on each unit packet and package and on any outside packaging and labelling in the principal language or languages of the country? Please provide a brief description of the progress made in implementing Article 11 (Packaging and labelling of tobacco products) in the past three years or since submission of your last report If you have any relevant information pertaining to but not covered in this section, please provide details in the space below.

33 Education, communication, training and public awareness (Please check or. For affirmative answers, please provide a brief summary in the space provided at the end of the section and attach the relevant documentation. Please provide documentation, if available, in one of the six official languages.) Have you adopted and implemented, where appropriate, legislative, executive, administrative or other measures or have you implemented, where appropriate, programmes on any of the following: (a) educational and public awareness programmes? (Please refer to programmes implemented since submission of your two-year report.) If you answered to question , to whom are these programmes targeted? adults or the general public children and young people men women pregnant women ethnic groups other (please specify: ) If you answered to question , do you reflect the following key differences among targeted population groups in educational and public awareness programmes? age gender educational background cultural background socioeconomic status other (please specify: ) (b) If you answered to question , do these educational and public awareness programmes cover: health risks of tobacco consumption? health risks of exposure to tobacco smoke? benefits of the cessation of tobacco use and tobacco-free lifestyles?

34 12(f) adverse economic consequences of - tobacco production? - tobacco consumption? adverse environmental consequences of - tobacco production? - tobacco consumption? (e) awareness and participation of the following agencies and organizations in development and implementation of intersectoral programmes and strategies for tobacco control: public agencies? nongovernmental organizations not affiliated with the tobacco industry? private organizations? other (please specify: )? Are the elaboration, management and implementation of communication, education, training and public awareness programmes guided by research and do they undergo pre-testing, monitoring and evaluation? (d) Are appropriate and special training or sensitization and awareness programmes on tobacco control addressed to: health workers? community workers? social workers? media professionals? educators? decision-makers? administrators? other (please specify: )?

35 Please provide a brief description of the progress made in implementing Article 12 (Education, communication, training and public awareness) in the past three years or since submission of your last report If you have any relevant information pertaining to but not covered in this section, please provide details in the space below.

36 Tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (Please check or. For affirmative answers, please provide a brief summary in the space provided at the end of the section and attach the relevant documentation. Please provide documentation, if available, in one of the six official languages.) Have you adopted and implemented, where appropriate, any legislative, executive, administrative or other measures or have you implemented, where appropriate, programmes: instituting a comprehensive ban on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship? If you answered to question , please proceed to question If you answered to question , does your ban cover: display and visibility of tobacco products at points of sales? the domestic Internet? the global Internet? brand stretching and/or brand sharing? product placement as a means of advertising or promotion? the depiction of tobacco or tobacco use in entertainment media products? tobacco sponsorship of international events or activities and/or participants therein? contributions from tobacco companies to any other entity for socially responsible causes and/or any other activities implemented under the umbrella of corporate social responsibility by the tobacco industry? cross-border advertising, promotion and sponsorship originating from your territory?

37 13.7 the same forms of cross-border advertising, promotion and sponsorship entering your territory for which domestic regulation apply? Please proceed to question If you answered "" to question are you precluded by your constitution or constitutional principles from undertaking a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship? applying restrictions on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship? applying restrictions on cross-border advertising, promotion and sponsorship originating from your territory with cross-border effects? (a) prohibiting those forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship that promote a tobacco product by any means that are false, misleading, deceptive or likely to create an erroneous impression about its characteristics, health effects, hazards or emissions? (b) requiring that health or other appropriate warnings or messages accompany all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship? (c) restricting the use of direct or indirect incentives that encourage the purchase of tobacco products by the public? (d) requiring the disclosure to relevant Government authorities of expenditures by the tobacco industry on advertising, promotion and sponsorship not yet prohibited?

38 (e) restricting tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship on: radio? television? print media? the domestic Internet? the global Internet? other media (please specify: )? (f) restricting tobacco sponsorship of: international events and activities? participants therein? Whether you answered or to question , are you: cooperating with other Parties in the development of technologies and other means necessary to facilitate the elimination of cross-border advertising? imposing penalties for cross-border advertising equal to those applicable to domestic advertising, promotion and sponsorship originating from your territory in accordance with national law? Please provide a brief description of the progress made in implementing Article 13 (Tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship) in the past three years or since submission of your last report If you have any relevant information pertaining to but not covered in this section, please provide details in the space below.

39 Demand reduction measures concerning tobacco dependence and cessation (Please check or. For affirmative answers, please provide a brief summary in the space provided at the end of the section and attach the relevant documentation. Please provide documentation, if available, in one of the six official languages.) Have you adopted and implemented, where appropriate, legislative, executive, administrative or other measures or have you implemented, where appropriate, programmes on any of the following: developing and disseminating appropriate, comprehensive and integrated guidelines based on scientific evidence and best practices? programmes to promote cessation of tobacco use, including: media campaigns emphasizing the importance of quitting? programmes specially designed for women and/or pregnant women? local events, such as activities related to World Tobacco Day or National Smoking Day, if appropriate? other (please specify: )? (a) design and implementation of programmes aimed at promoting the cessation of tobacco use, in such locations as: educational institutions? health-care facilities? workplaces? sporting environments? other (please specify: QUIT LINE)?

40 (b) inclusion of diagnosis and treatment of tobacco dependence and counselling services for cessation of tobacco use in national programmes, plans and strategies for: tobacco control? health? education? inclusion of programmes on the diagnosis and treatment of tobacco dependence in your health-care system? (b) If you answered to question , which structures in your health-care system provide programmes for the diagnosis and treatment of tobacco dependence? primary health care secondary and tertiary health care specialist health-care systems (please specify: ) specialized centres for cessation counselling and treatment of tobacco dependence rehabilitation centres other (please specify: ) (b) If you answered to question , are the services provided in these settings covered by public funding or reimbursement schemes? primary health care Fully Partially ne secondary and tertiary health care Fully Partially ne specialist health-care systems (please specify: ) Fully Partially ne

41 specialized centres for cessation counselling and treatment of tobacco dependence Fully Partially ne rehabilitation centres Fully Partially ne other (please specify: ) Fully Partially ne (b) If you answered to question , which health and other professionals are involved in programmes offering treatment for tobacco dependence and counselling services? Health professionals including: physicians dentists family doctors practitioners of traditional medicine other medical professionals (please specify: ) nurses midwives pharmacists Community workers Social workers Others (please specify: ) (c) training on tobacco dependence treatment incorporated into the curricula of health professional training at pre- and post-qualification levels at the following schools: medical? dental? nursing? pharmacy? other (please specify: )?

42 (d) facilitating accessibility and/or affordability of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of tobacco dependence? (d) If you answered to question , which pharmaceutical products are available for the treatment of tobacco dependence in your jurisdiction? nicotine replacement therapy bupropion varenicline other (please specify: )? (d) If you answered to question , are the costs of treatment with these products covered by public funding or reimbursement? nicotine replacement therapy Fully Partially ne bupropion Fully Partially ne varenicline Fully Partially ne other (please specify: )? Fully Partially ne Please provide a brief description of the progress made in implementing Article 14 (Demand reduction measures concerning tobacco dependence and cessation) in the past three years or since submission of your last report If you have any relevant information pertaining to but not covered in this section, please provide details in the space below.

43 3.3 Article MEASURES RELATING TO THE REDUCTION OF THE SUPPLY OF TOBACCO (with reference to Articles 15 17) Illicit trade in tobacco products (Please check or. For affirmative answers, please provide a brief summary in the space provided at the end of the section and attach the relevant documentation. Please provide documentation, if available, in one of the six official languages.) Have you adopted and implemented, where appropriate, legislative, executive, administrative or other measures or have you implemented, where appropriate, programmes on any of the following: requiring marking of all unit packets and packages of tobacco products and any outside packaging of such products to assist in determining the origin of the product? (a) requiring marking of all unit packets and packages of tobacco products and any outside packaging of such products to assist in determining whether the product is legally sold on the domestic market? (a) requiring that unit packets and packages of tobacco products for retail and wholesale use that are sold on the domestic market carry the statement: Sales only allowed in or carry any other effective marking indicating the final destination of the product? (b) developing a practical tracking and tracing regime that would further secure the distribution system and assist in the investigation of illicit trade? requiring that marking is presented in legible form or appears in the principal language and/or languages of the country? (a) requiring the monitoring and collection of data on cross-border trade in tobacco products, including illicit trade?

44 (a) If you answered to question , do you facilitate the exchange of this information among customs, tax and other authorities, as appropriate, and in accordance with national law and applicable bilateral and multilateral agreements? (b) enacting or strengthening legislation, with appropriate penalties and remedies, against illicit trade in tobacco products, including counterfeit and contraband cigarettes? (c) requiring that confiscated manufacturing equipment, counterfeit and contraband cigarettes and other tobacco products derived from illicit trade are destroyed, using environmentfriendly methods where possible, or disposed of in accordance with national law? (d) adopting and implementing measures to monitor, document and control the storage and distribution of tobacco products held or moving under suspension of taxes or duties? (e) enabling the confiscation of proceeds derived from illicit trade in tobacco products? promoting cooperation between national agencies and relevant regional and international intergovernmental organizations in investigations, prosecutions and proceedings, with a view to eliminating illicit trade in tobacco products, with special emphasis on cooperation at regional and subregional levels? licensing or other actions to control or regulate production and distribution in order to prevent illicit trade?

45 Please provide a brief description of the progress made in implementing Article 15 (Illicit trade in tobacco products) in the past three years or since submission of your last report If you have any relevant information pertaining to but not covered in this section, please provide details in the space below.

46 Sales to and by minors (Please check or. For affirmative answers, please provide a brief summary in the space provided at the end of the section and attach the relevant documentation. Please provide documentation, if available, in one of the six official languages.) Have you adopted and implemented, where appropriate, legislative, executive, administrative or other measures or have you implemented, where appropriate, programmes on any of the following: prohibiting the sales of tobacco products to minors? If, please specify the legal age:? (a) requiring that all sellers of tobacco products place a clear and prominent indicator inside their point of sale about the prohibition of tobacco sales to minors? (a) requiring that, in case of doubt, each seller of tobacco products requests that the purchaser provides appropriate evidence of having reached full legal age? (b) banning the sale of tobacco products in any manner by which they are directly accessible, such as open store shelves? (c) prohibiting the manufacture and sale of sweets, snacks, toys or any other objects in the form of tobacco products which appeal to minors? (d) prohibiting the sale of tobacco products from vending machines? If you answered to question , please proceed to question (d) If you answered to question , do you ensure that tobacco vending machines are not accessible to minors and/or do not promote the sale of tobacco products to minors? prohibiting and/or promoting the prohibition of the distribution of free tobacco products: to the public?