1.11.  “Mass Media” – refers to any medium of communication designed to reach a mass of people.  For this purpose, mass media includes print media such as, but not limited to, newspapers, magazines, and publications; broadcast media such as, but not limited to, radio, television, cable television, and cinema; electronic media such as, but not limited to, the internet.  For the purpose of these Rules, communications designed to reach persons by private, postal or regular mail, electronic mail (e-mail), and similar means shall not be considered as mass media;

 

1.12.  “Minor” – refers to any person below eighteen (18) years old;

 

1.13.  “Manufacturer” – refers to any person or entity, including a re-packer, who makes, fabricates, assembles, processes, or labels a finished product.

 

1.14.  “Package” – refers to packs, boxes, cartons or containers of any kind in which any tobacco product is offered for sale to consumers;

 

1.15.  “Perimeter” – when used in these Rules in relation to the sale of, and outdoor advertisements for, tobacco products, the term shall refer to any point in the boundaries as indicated in the Original Certificate of Title or Transfer Certificate of Title of the tract of land that is actually used or occupied  by  a  school,  public  playground  or  other  facility  frequented particularly by persons below eighteen (18) years of age, whether or not said tract of land is separated from adjacent tracts by a wall or fence;

 

1.16.  “Person” – refers to an individual, partnership, corporation or any other business or legal entity;

 

1.17.  “Point-of-Sale” – refers to any location at which an individual can purchase or otherwise obtain tobacco products.  For the purpose of these Rules, itinerant/ambulant vendors are not covered by the term “point-of-sale”;

 

1.18.  “Premises” – refers to a tract of land and the building or buildings thereon, including the open spaces between the buildings located on the same tract of land and within the perimeter of said tract of land;

 

1.19.  “Principal display panel” – refers to that part of the package of a tobacco product  that  is  most  likely  to  be  displayed,  presented  or  shown  or examined under normal and customary conditions;

 

1.20.  “Promotion” – refers to an event or activity organized by or on behalf of a tobacco manufacturer, distributor or retailer with the aim of promoting a brand of tobacco product, which event or activity would not occur but for the support given to it by or on  behalf of the tobacco manufacturer, distributor or retailer.  It may also refer to the display of a tobacco product or manufacturer’s name, trademark, logo, etc. on non-tobacco products. This includes the paid use of tobacco products bearing the brand names, trademarks,  logos,  etc.  in  movies,  television  and  other  forms  of entertainment.    For  the  purpose  of  these  Rules,  promotion  shall  be understood as tobacco promotion;

 

1.21.  “Public Conveyances” – refer to modes of transportation servicing the general population, such as, but not limited to, elevators, airplanes, buses, taxicabs, ships, jeepneys, light rail transits, tricycles, and similar vehicles;

 

1.22.  “Public Places” – refer to enclosed or confined areas of all hospitals, medical clinics, schools, public transportation terminals and offices, and buildings such as private and public offices, recreational places, shopping malls, movie houses, hotels, restaurants, and the like;

 

1.23.  “Publication  of  general  circulation”  –  refers  to  a  publication  that  is published for the dissemination of local news and general information with a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers and published at regular intervals.  When used in these Rules, the term does not include trade or professional journals and similar publications that are geared towards a limited audience, such as tobacco trade publications;

 

1.24.  “Retailer” – refers to any person who or entity that sells tobacco products to individuals for personal consumption;

 

1.25.  “Secretariat” – refers to the secretariat of the IAC-Tobacco;

 

1.26.  “Smoking” – refers to the act of carrying a lighted cigarette or other tobacco products, whether or not it is being inhaled or smoked;

 

1.27.  “Sponsorship” – refers to any public or private contribution to a third party in relation to an event, team or activity made with the aim of promoting a brand of tobacco product, which event, team or activity would still exist or occur  without  such  contribution.    For  the  purpose  of  these  Rules, sponsorship shall be understood as tobacco sponsorship;

 

1.28.   “Tobacco” – refers to agricultural components derived from the tobacco plant, which are processed for use in the manufacturing of cigarettes and other tobacco products;

 

1.29.  “Tobacco Product” – refers to any product that consists of loose tobacco that contains nicotine and is intended for use in a cigarette, including any product containing tobacco and intended for smoking or oral or nasal use. Unless stated otherwise, the requirements of these Rules pertaining to cigarettes shall also apply to other tobacco products;

 

1.30.  “Tobacco Grower” – refers to any person who plants tobacco before the enactment of the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 and classified as such by the National Tobacco Administration (NTA); and

 

1.31.  “Warning” – refers to the notice printed on the tobacco product or its container and/or displayed in print  or aired in broadcast or electronic media including outdoor advertising and which shall bear information on the hazards of tobacco use.