Tobacco industry in El Kadsre

The tobacco industry in El Kadsre is not as much a thing in the country as elsewhere, with very low consumption in the country, but not much anti-tobacco activism as well. The distribution of tobacco has to have a warning sticker that reminds everyone that can cause health hazards.

An 2015 attempt to introduce by the El Kadsreian Catholic Peoples Party was shot down in Parliament, with Andrew Kayos stating "Even as someone who wants tobacco to be controlled, forcing someone who just needs a smoke break to look at vomit-inducing imagery is just turning off consumers" and Jarred Vlokozu stating "This idea is forcing anti-tobacco views into the faces of people who just want to consume a product they might enjoy." The plain tobacco packaging in El Kadsre now exists in text only and covers the one third of the package.

Advertising
Tobacco advertising is legal in El Kadsre, however the commercials must not show the product being smoked or chewed and must contain the number for the El Kadsreian Quitline at the end of the ad as a tobacco quitting aid. From 1998 to 2002, tobacco advertising was banned in El Kadsre and was later lifted after complaints from the tobacco industry.

Anti-Tobacco activism and PSAs
Anti-Tobacco activism is considered a rare breed of activism in El Kadsre as tobacco health risks are not much a hot-button issue in the country as elsewhere.

During the Vlokozu era, anti-Tobacco PSAs aired in the daytime whilst actual tobacco advertising aired after the watershed. Since the end of the Vlokozu era and the removal of the tobacco advertising ban, anti-Tobacco PSAs are rare, usually used as commercial break "padding" due to the low tobacco consumption in El Kadsre. Some channels air tobacco ads at times of low viewership or after the watershed, while other channels do the same with anti-tobacco PSAs.