THA/499
WTO/TBT
TH Thailand
  • 65 - Landwirtschaft
2017-08-21
2017-06-23

Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment (ICS 65.160)

Tobacco Products Control Act B.E. 2560 (2017) (22 page(s), in Thai; 17 page(s), in English)

This Tobacco Products Control Act B.E. 2560 (2017)

- "Tobacco product" means the product containing tobacco leaves or Nicotiana tabacum, including any other product containing nicotine

- No person shall be allowed to sell or give tobacco product to a person who does not attain 20 full years of age.

- No one shall assign, employ, ask or allow the person who is below 18 full years of age to sell or give tobacco product.

- No person shall sell tobacco products in

(1) temple or place for performance of religious ceremony

(2) place for public health service and medical establishment under the law on medical establishment and drugstore under the law on drug

(3) education establishment under the law on national education

(4) public park, zoo and amusement park etc.

- The tobacco products retailer shall be prohibited from selling tobacco products by vending machines, through electronic media or computer network, outside the places stated in the Tobacco Sales License, the distribution, addition, gift or exchange of tobacco product with other product other privilege, show the reduction of tobacco product price at the point of sale, sell product or provide service with the distribution, addition, gift of or exchange with tobacco product, hawk tobacco products, give or offer the right to attend game, show, service, lucky draw, prize contest or any other benefit as a consideration to the buyer of tobacco product or a person bringing package or label or anything relating to tobacco product for exchange or redemption therefor, display prices of tobacco products at a point of sale in such a way as encouraging tobacco product consumption

- No one shall sell by means of division of tobacco products in the category of cigarette.

- Manufacturer or importer of tobacco products for sale in the Kingdom shall have the duty to submit the information about the volume of manufacturing or importation into the Kingdom, marketing expenses, earnings and expenses