Last updated: October 4, 2019
Disclosure Requirements
Disclosure by manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to government authorities of information on the contents and/or ingredients used in the manufacture of their cigarettes
Ministry of Public Health
Ministry of Foreign Commerce
The law requires manufacturers, wholesalers, and importers to "send to the Ministries of Public Health and Foreign Commerce semiannual reports containing all quantitative and qualitative information and data concerning the composition, ingredients and emissions of tobacco products."
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines in that it requires disclosure by manufacturers and importers to government authorities of information on the contents and/or ingredients used in the manufacture of their cigarettes.
Disclosure by manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to government authorities of information on the emissions of their cigarettes
Ministry of Public Health
Ministry of Foreign Commerce
The law requires manufacturers, wholesalers, and importers to "send to the Ministries of Public Health and Foreign Commerce semiannual reports containing all quantitative and qualitative information and data concerning the composition, additive ingredients and emissions of tobacco products."
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines in that it requires disclosure by manufacturers and importers to government authorities of information on the emissions of their cigarettes.
Disclosed information readily available to the public
The law does not require that disclosed information be made readily available to the public.
To align with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines, the law should require that disclosed information on contents and emissions be made readily available to the public.
