Last updated: March 22, 2024
Key Terms
Tobacco Product
The regulations do not contain a definition of “tobacco product.” The regulations require health warnings on cigarette packets and cartons only. To align with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines, the law should require health warnings on all tobacco products, and the law should provide a definition of “tobacco products” in accordance with the definition contained in FCTC Art. 1.
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
The regulations do not contain a definition of “outside packaging and labeling.” Rather than requiring health warnings on “outside packaging and labeling,” the regulations require health warnings on cigarette “packets” and “cartons” only. To align with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines, the law should require health warnings on the outside packaging and labeling of all tobacco products, and the law should provide a definition of “outside packaging and labeling” in accordance with the definition contained in FCTC Art. 11.
Any packaging and labeling used in the retail sale of the product. (FCTC Art. 11(4))
Packet
“Packet” means a box which is rectangular in shape.
The definition of “packet” is significant because health warnings are required on all cigarette packets.
Carton
“Carton” means a box which is rectangular in shape that contains ten or more packets of cigarettes.
The definition of “carton” is significant because health warnings are required on all cigarette cartons.
