. The common position provides for a
ban on all forms of advertising As used in the text, advertising means "any form of commercial communication with the aim, or direct or indirect effect, of promoting a tobacco product, including advertisi
ng which, while not specifically mentioning the tobacco product, tries to circumvent any advertising ban by using brand names, trademarks, emblems or other distinctive features of tobacco products". Sponsorship is defined as "any public or private contribution to an activity or event with the aim,
...[+++]or direct or indirect effect, of promoting a tobacco product". or sponsorship of tobacco products within the Community, to be phased in subject to certain conditions and certain limits.