Qatar

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COMMENTS: GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) Technical Regulation 597/2009 contains standardization provisions for cigarettes, including emissions limits of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide.

COMMENTS: GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) Approved Health Warnings contain the images and text of the four cigarette warnings authorized by GSO Technical Regulation 246/2011. It also contains two health warnings for shisha.

COMMENTS: The GSO (GCC Standardization Organization) Technical Regulation 246/2011 on Labeling of Tobacco Product Packages regulates tobacco product packaging and labeling throughout the Gulf Region.

COMMENTS: Circular Notifying the Adoption of GSO Technical Regulation of Labeling of Tobacco Product Packages adopted the GSO Technical Regulation 246/2011 and made it binding in Qatar.

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COMMENTS: GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) Technical Regulation 2390/2014 contains a list of additives that are permitted and a list of additives that are prohibited in tobacco products.

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COMMENTS: Law No. 10 of 2016 on the Control of Tobacco and its Derivatives is the principal law governing tobacco control in Qatar. The law regulates smoke free places; tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; and tobacco packaging and labeling. The law also prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes.

COMMENTS: This Directive was issued by the Ministry of Public Health to clarify that the health warnings required to be printed on tobacco unit packaging must also be printed on cartons (outside packaging and labeling).