| Density of selling points, consumption of derivative products and prevalence of smoking |
Define rules for new licensing of tobacco products selling points based on sanitary zoning and zoning between selling points |
| Prohibit the operation of tobacco shops inside another establishment. The entrance door must open onto the street sidewalk (main passage). |
| Establish, through specific legislation, that tobacconists must be located at a minimum distance of two thousand meters from residential areas, Basic Health Units, and any educational institution that offers: Early Childhood Education, Elementary School - first and second segments, Secondary Education, Higher Education (undergraduate and graduate), preparatory courses for entrance exams, in order to prohibit the operation of tobacco retailers close to schools. In addition, they should be located at a distance of one thousand meters from each other, thus avoiding concentration of this type of establishment in the same place. |
| Review the municipal and licensing / zoning Codes of selling points, with the suppression of permission to grant the activity of commercialization of tobacco articles in current selling points that are not tobacconists or that are not in compliance with the new legislation to be created. In addition, set a deadline for existing tobacco shops to adapt to the new legislation. |
| Review the municipal and licensing / zoning Codes of selling points, with the suppression of permission to grant the activity of commercialization of tobacco articles in current selling points that are not tobacconists or that are not in compliance with the new legislation to be created. In addition, set a deadline for existing tobacco shops to comply with the new legislation. |
| Advertising, marketing and promotion at selling points |
Prohibit the exposure of cigarette packs in exhibitors (display) or showcases. Establish that tobacco products are stored in closed (non-transparent) furniture so as not to encourage consumption. |
| Include the QR Code on the mandatory posters at the entrances to tobacco outlets (tobacconists) with public health information, such as: health promotion and initiation prevention, smoking treatment, service locations, campaigns and information on tobacco diseases -related and others. |
| Other aspects on selling points |
Discuss with the competent authorities in the country the creation and adoption of the definition of the term tobacco shop, classifying such establishments as priority risk areas for the purposes of inspection actions. |
| Restrict the sale of tobacco only in tobacconists, prohibiting the sale of any other product in these places other than tobacco, its derivatives and accessories, such as: food, beverages of any nature, and others. In addition, the access, entry and stay of minors must also be prohibited in accordance with the legislation in force in these establishments. The trader must demand the presentation of the official document with a photo of the person interested in entering the establishment before he/she enters the place |
| Adapt existing legislation in states, municipalities and the Federal District to the new recommendations, making each and every establishment licensed as a tobacconist to carry out solely and exclusively retail activities of tobacco-derived smoking products, whose packaging must comply with the provisions of the legislation, prohibited in any case consumption on the spot. |
| Institute a Tobacco Sales Permit (PVT) program. This program must ensure that all facilities selling tobacco products have valid licenses to operate. |
| Institute an age verification system at selling points (tobacconists). |
| The commercial establishment must prohibit the provision of individual or collective seats. |
| The tobacconist must have separate premises and commercial license apart from any other type of trade and/or service establishment. |
| Improve the regulatory framework for inspection of tobacco shops. |
| Establish mechanisms that establish goals to be achieved with regard to inspection actions, encompassing health promotion and smoking prevention actions. |
| Institute a system of fines for offenses committed by merchants and/or merchants of tobacco products that do not comply with current legislation. Link the collection resulting from fines to Tobacco Control actions in Brazil. |
| Change the minimum age for the purchase, sale and consumption of tobacco products and their accessories from 18 years to 21 years. |
| Redefine the legal framework related to childhood, adolescence and youth regarding the minimum age to acquire and consume products that are harmful to health, such as tobacco and others. Amend all specific legislation. |
Restricting the sale of tobacco products only in tobacconists: a necessary measure to strengthen the National Tobacco Control Policy 
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Source: Adapted from Levac, Colquhoun, O'Brien’s Prism Flowchart (2010).
