Labelling of Tobacco Products (Amendment) Regulations,

L.N. 298 of 2004

TOBACCO (SMOKING CONTROL) ACT

(CAP. 315)

Labelling of Tobacco Products (Amendment) Regulations,

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 9 of the Tobacco

(Smoking Control) Act, the Minister of Health, the Elderly and

Community Care has made the following regulations>–

The title of these regulations is the Labelling of Tobacco

Products (Amendment) Regulations, 2004, and they shall be read

and construed as one with the Labelling of Tobacco Products

Regulations, 2004, hereinafter called “the principal regulations”.

For regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted the following>–

“5. (1) The general warning mentioned in regulation 4

hereof shall cover not less than 32% of the external area of the

corresponding surface of the unit packet of tobacco on which

the warning is printed.

(2) The additional warning mentioned in regulation

4 hereof shall cover not less than 45% of the external area of

the corresponding surface of the unit packet of tobacco on which

the warning is printed>

Provided that in the case of unit packets of products other

than cigarettes, where the most visible surface exceeds 75 cm 2 ,

the warnings shall cover an area of at least 24 cm 2 ”.

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