Last updated: May 20, 2025
Other Packaging and Labeling Requirements
Health warnings required on unit packaging (e.g., packs)
The law requires warnings on unit packaging of smoked and smokeless tobacco products.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to warning labels on unit packaging.
Health warnings required on outside packaging and labeling (e.g., cartons)
The law requires warnings on outside packaging of smoked and smokeless tobacco products.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to warning labels on outside packaging.
Health warning text must be in the principal language(s) of the country
The law requires health warnings to be in Polish.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to warning text appearing in the principal language of the country.
A requirement that warnings or messages may not be placed where they may be permanently damaged or concealed when opening the pack
The requires that health warnings not be damaged by the opening of a unit package.
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.
A requirement that tax stamps or other required markings may not be placed where they may conceal warnings or messages
The law requires that health warnings “not be partially or totally concealed or obscured by excise marks, price indicators, security features, protective covers, wrappers, boxes or other elements.”
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to a requirement that tax stamps or other required markings may not be placed where they may conceal warnings or messages.
A requirement to display qualitative (descriptive) constituents and emissions messages
The law requires that the following qualitative constituents and emissions message cover 50% of one lateral side of unit and outside packaging: “Tobacco smoke contains more than 70 cancer-causing substances.”
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to qualitative constituent and emissions messages.
Prohibition on the display of figures for emission yields (including tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide)
The law prohibits any information on the label regarding the nicotine, tar or carbon monoxide content of the tobacco product.
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 or standardized packaging
Plain packaging of tobacco products is not required in Poland. 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.
Prohibition on misleading tobacco packaging & labeling including terms, descriptors, trademarks, figurative or other signs (logos, colors, images that directly create a false impression that a tobacco product is less harmful than other tobacco products)
The law prohibits on packaging and labeling any elements or features that create a false impression about the characteristics of the product, its health effects, its risks and the substances it emits, or that suggest that a given tobacco product is less harmful than others. Elements or characteristics that are prohibited include in texts, symbols, names, trademarks and graphic signs.
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.
