Pictures (Photos), Text Warnings/Messages
Type of Warnings / Messages Required
60% of Front, 60% of Back
Location and Size of Warnings / Messages on Unit Packaging
1
Number of Warnings / Messages Authorized to Be Displayed on Front / Back at Any Given Time
Required
Rotation
Specified- 12 months
Length of Rotation Period
Analysis
The law requires health warnings, in the form of written or illustrated warnings, covering 60% of the front and 60% of the back of each pack and carton of tobacco products.
Joint Order No. 2023-322 contains the third set of warnings, with two warnings to be displayed over 24 months (one warning per year).
The law states "(e)ach pack or carton of tobacco products and all kinds of outside packaging and labeling of these products must wear besides warnings, information regarding pertinent constituents and emissions of tobacco products." Joint Administrative Decree No. 2015-366 clarifies that this information must be qualitative.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to warning size, location, and rotation.
Pictures (Photos), Text Warnings/Messages, Uncertain
Type of Warnings / Messages Required
60% of Front, 60% of Back
Location and Size of Warnings / Messages on Unit Packaging
1
Number of Warnings / Messages Authorized to Be Displayed on Front / Back at Any Given Time
Required
Rotation
Specified- 12 months
Length of Rotation Period
Analysis
The law requires health warnings, in the form of written or illustrated warnings, covering 60% of the front and 60% of the back of each pack and carton of tobacco products.
Joint Order No. 2023-322 contains the second set of warnings, with two warnings to be displayed over 24 months (one warning per year).
The law states "(e)ach pack or carton of tobacco products and all kinds of outside packaging and labeling of these products must wear besides warnings, information regarding pertinent constituents and emissions of tobacco products." Joint Administrative Decree No. 2015-366 clarifies that this information must be qualitative.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to warning size, location, and rotation.
