Last updated: December 20, 2019
Key Terms
Tobacco Product
Tobacco products: cigarettes, snuff, marghozi including hookah [tobacco] and other tobacco products made wholly or partially from its leaves as a raw material for eating, smoking, chewing and smelling.
The definition of "tobacco products" contained in the law aligns with the definition provided in FCTC Art. 1(f).
Any product entirely or partly made of the leaf tobacco as a raw material which is manufactured to be used for smoking, sucking, chewing, or snuffing. (FCTC Art. 1(f))
Outside Packaging and Labeling
Packaging: the process of managing the final tobacco product carried out with the aim of safe transportation, storage and prevention of loss. This process entails the reflection of information on cartons, packets, cases and containers describing the harms of tobacco in light of the contents [provisions] of the Convention.
The definition of "packaging" aligns with the definition of "outside packaging and labeling" provided in FCTC Art. 11(4).
Any packaging and labeling used in the retail sale of the product. (FCTC Art. 11(4))
