The law requires all retail packages of tobacco products to carry warnings. “Retail package” means any package sold at retail and therefore includes all unit packaging and labeling.

The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to warning labels on unit packaging.

The law requires all retail packages of tobacco products to carry warnings. “Retail package” means any package sold at retail and therefore includes all outside packaging and labeling.

The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to warning labels on outside packaging.

The Tobacco Control Regulations set out the warning and explanatory messages, which are in English. English is a principal language of Nauru.

The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to warning text appearing in the principal language of the country.

The law requires that messages not be obliterated, removed, or rendered permanently unreadable when the retail package is opened in the normal way.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to warnings not being damaged or concealed when opening the pack.

The law does not require that tax stamps or other required markings may not be placed where they may conceal warnings or other messages.  

To align with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines, the law should require that warnings and messages may not be placed where they may be concealed by tax stamps or other required markings.

The law requires cigarette packages to carry the following qualitative constituents and emissions message on100% of the side panel of unit packages and 25% of the side panel of cartons:
• Smoking exposes you to more than 40 harmful chemicals.
• These chemicals damage blood vessels, body cells and the immune
system.
• QUIT NOW to reduce your risk of chronic illness or premature death.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to qualitative constituent and emissions messages.

The law prohibits the sale or import of any tobacco product that displays quantitative information on emission yields.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to the display of figures for emission yields on tobacco product packaging.

Plain packaging of tobacco products is not required. The FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines provide that Parties should consider adopting plain packaging measures that restrict or prohibit the use of logos, colors, brand images, or other promotional information on packaging other than brand and product names displayed in a standard color and font style. Plain packaging aims to reduce the appeal of tobacco products, to increase the noticeability of health warnings, and to reduce the ability of the packaging of tobacco products to mislead consumers about the harmful effects of smoking. 

Tobacco product packaging may not contain “any information which is likely to represent that the tobacco product is less harmful than other similar products,” or any “signs, colours, designs or other forms or patterns of such designs as a substitute for any prohibited content.” Quantitative information on emissions yields is prohibited; therefore, any signs, colors, or designs that could substitute for emission yields are also prohibited. In addition, descriptors depicting flavors are banned.

The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to the use of terms, descriptors, or other signs that directly or indirectly create a false impression that a tobacco product is less harmful than other tobacco products.