Last updated: May 20, 2025
Key Terms
Ingredient
“Ingredient” means tobacco, an additive, and all substances or components present in the finished tobacco product or a related product, including paper, a filter, ink, capsules and adhesives.
The definition of “ingredient” provided in the law aligns with the definition provided in the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines.
Includes tobacco, components (e.g. paper, filter), including materials used to manufacture those components, additives, processing aids, residual substances found in tobacco (following storage and processing), and substances that migrate from the packaging material into the product (contaminants are not part of the ingredients). (FCTC Art. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines)
Characteristic aroma
“Characteristic aroma” means the distinctly sensed smell or taste other than the smell or taste of tobacco, resulting from the use of an additive or combination of additives, including the smell or taste of fruits, spices, herbs, alcohol, sweeteners, menthol or vanilla, which is sensed before the consumption of a tobacco production or in the course of its use.
The definition of “characteristic aroma” is significant because the law prohibits the distribution, manufacture and import for the distribution of tobacco products that have a characteristic aroma.
