| Component | Statutory requirements for all tobacco products |
Tobacco products | 1. Product notification | |
2. Contents and limits | |
ST products | Cigarettes |
| Contents: restriction on use of characterising flavours. Limits: specified maximum emission levels (10 mg of tar, 1 mg of nicotine and 10 mg of CO per cigarette).
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3. Product packaging | Packaging features prohibited on all tobacco productsInformation about tar, nicotine or CO content. Discounts, price reductions or other offers. Indicating less harm than other products. Indicating vitalising, energising, healing, rejuvenating, natural or organic properties. Environmental benefit. Indication of taste, smell or flavours. Appearance of food or cosmetic product.
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4. Health warnings | General health warning requirements for all tobacco products |
ST products | Cigarettes |
Appear on front and back surface. Cover 30% of the surface area on each side. Black (Helvetica) font with white background. Placed in the centre of the area. Parallel to the main text.
| Standardised packaging requirements (shape, number of cigarettes, pack colour, pack material, pack texture, duty marks). Combined health warnings covering 65% of the surface area. General warnings and information messages on tobacco products for smoking, covering 50% of the surface area.
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POS practices | 5. Tobacco advertising and promotion | Tobacco advertisements: only inside or outside premises of a specialist tobacconist Display of products at POS: illegal for any business selling tobacco products to display products at point of sale. Products can only temporarily be displayed if: Requested by customers over 18. Incidental displays. Specified circumstances by tobacconists. Request by enforcement officer.
Display of prices at POS: restricted display of price lists Size: A3 poster style lists for permanent display. List with product pictures, for those who request information. Price labels on covered shelf or front of storage unit.
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6. Sales to minors | |