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A prevention plan targeted at children and young people - Tobacco, nicotine and alcohol

Title (original language): "En forebyggelsesplan målrettet børn og unge - tobak, nikotin og alkohol"

The preventive plan aims to advance requirements for children to access restricted content and goods, including through online access. It also addresses electronic age verification in physical stores and in the digital environment through the use of Denmark's digital identity system, MitID.
(Source: Prevention Plan)

Entities responsible for implementation: Danish Government.

Status: Implemented | Implementation period start: 2023 | Implementation period finish: Ongoing
Related EU policy: Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC Text with EEA relevance
Record created: 01 March 2024

  • Denmark

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  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • advertising, age verification, digital, policy
  • Machine translation used
Title (original language): "En forebyggelsesplan målrettet børn og unge - tobak, nikotin og alkohol"
Rules and guidelines graphic showing 4 aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours

The preventive plan aims to advance requirements for children to access restricted content and goods, including through online access. It also addresses electronic age verification in physical stores and in the digital environment through the use of Denmark's digital identity system, MitID.
(Source: Prevention Plan)

Entities responsible for implementation: Danish Government.

Status: Implemented | Implementation period start: 2023 | Implementation period finish: Ongoing
Related EU policy: Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC Text with EEA relevance
Record created: 01 March 2024

  • Denmark

  • Go to document source
  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • advertising, age verification, digital, policy
  • Machine translation used
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