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Germany: Federal drugs commissioner Burkhard Blienert has called for further restrictions on tobacco and nicotine advertising and sponsorship. He said: “Existing gaps in advertising regulation must be addressed through bans: for example, point of sale advertising, free distribution of tobacco heaters and e-cigarettes, cinema advertising...and sponsorship of festivals by the nicotine industry.”
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Germany: Burkhard Blienert, federal commissioner for addiction and drugs, told an annual reception in Berlin that it is “urgently necessary to close existing gaps” in the areas of advertising and sponsorship of nicotine and tobacco. He did not specify any products, or any measures to be taken.
30th May 2023
Germany: In answer to a question put by Bundestag member Rita Hagl-Kehl of the governing Social Democratic Party (SPD), state secretary Ophelia Nick said the commissioner for addiction and drug issues, Burkhard Blienert, had announced that he would work to restrict tobacco advertising and that existing regulations on the marketing and sponsorship of nicotine would be reviewed.
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