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The Ministry of Health has issued four pairs of warnings. Each pair contains two pictorial warnings, one to be placed on 50% of the front of the package and one to be placed on 50% of the back of the package. The warnings should be placed on the lower part of each surface. If inserts are added to the package, the warnings must appear on the front and the back of the insert, also covering 50% of the lower part of each surface.

Each of the four pairs of warnings must appear on an equal number of tobacco packages (i.e., each warning pair must appear on 25% of tobacco packages). The current warnings remain in effect for 24 months from the effective date.

The law requires the display of a qualitative (descriptive) constituents and emissions warning on 100% of one lateral side of the package. The warning must read:

THE SMOKE IN EVERY CIGARETTE YOU SMOKE CONTAINS TOXIC SUBSTANCES: TAR, A COMPOUND THAT GIVES YOU CANCER; NICOTINE, A SUBSTANCE THAT ADDICTS YOU; CARBON MONOXIDE, A TOXIC GAS EQUIVALENT TO THAT EMITTED FROM EXHAUST PIPES; ARSENIC, A CHEMICAL USED AS A RAT POISON.

A similar message is required on the packaging of tobacco products other than cigarettes.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to the size, content, placement, and rotation of health warnings.

The Ministry of Health has issued four pairs of warnings. Each pair contains two pictorial warnings, one to be placed on 50% of the front of the package and one to be placed on 50% of the back of the package. The warnings should be placed on the lower part of each surface. If inserts are added to the package, the warnings must appear on the front and the back of the insert, also covering 50% of the lower part of each surface.

Each of the four pairs of warnings must appear on an equal number of tobacco packages (i.e., each warning pair must appear on 25% of tobacco packages). The current warnings remain in effect for 24 months from the effective date.

One full lateral side surface must contain a descriptive constituents and emissions message.

Health warnings must be placed on all tobacco products. However, the content of the warnings issued by the Ministry of Health mainly concern smoked tobacco products, rather than the use of smokeless tobacco products. 

To align with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines, the Ministry of Health should issue health warnings for smokeless tobacco products that specifically address the health effects of smokeless tobacco.