There are two major categories of laws that directly affect marketing practices - procompetitive legislation and:

Procompetitive lawsare designed to preserve competition. Most of these laws were enacted to end various practices deemed unacceptable by society.

Examplesof illegal anticompetitive practices include stealing trade secrets or obtaining other confidential information from a competitor's employees, trademark and copyright infringement, price fixing, etc.

Consumer Protection legislation deals with consumer safety, such as the food and drug acts. It was designed to protect people from actual and potential physical harm caused by adulteration or mislabeling.

Ex:Tobacco labeling and packaging have been impacted by consumer protection legislation through disclosures and warnings.

Hence, the option A is correct.