6. Restriction on promoting specified health products for specified diseases and conditions
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An advertisement by a non-public sector person of a specified health product must not expressly or implicitly claim, indicate or suggest that the specified health product —
will prevent, alleviate or cure any specified disease or condition;
will prevent or alleviate any sign or symptom clinically attributable to any specified disease or condition; or
has similar properties or characteristics to, or works as well as, a product that is commonly used for the purpose of treating any specified disease or condition.
In this regulation, “specified disease or condition” means any disease or medical condition falling within any of the classes of diseases or medical conditions specified in the Third Schedule.
Subregulation 1
An advertisement by a non-public sector person of a specified health product must not expressly or implicitly claim, indicate or suggest that the specified health product —
will prevent, alleviate or cure any specified disease or condition;
will prevent or alleviate any sign or symptom clinically attributable to any specified disease or condition; or
has similar properties or characteristics to, or works as well as, a product that is commonly used for the purpose of treating any specified disease or condition.
Subregulation 2
In this regulation, “specified disease or condition” means any disease or medical condition falling within any of the classes of diseases or medical conditions specified in the Third Schedule.