Last updated: September 18, 2019
Disclosure Requirements
Disclosure by manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to government authorities of information on the contents and/or ingredients used in the manufacture of their cigarettes
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
The Tobacco Products Act 2003 requires manufacturers (which, as defined, includes importers) to provide information about their products and emissions in the manner and in the time prescribed. The Tobacco Product Regulations 2014 (Sec. 5 and the First Schedule) makes clear that the only information required is levels of tar and nicotine emissions. Therefore, the law does not require manufacturers or importers of cigarettes to disclose to government authorities information on the contents and/or ingredients used in the manufacture of their cigarettes.
To align with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9
& 10 Partial Guidelines, the law should require disclosure by manufacturers and importers to government authorities of information on the contents and/or ingredients used in the manufacture of their cigarettes.
Disclosure by manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to government authorities of information on the emissions of their cigarettes
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
The Tobacco Products Act 2003 requires manufacturers (which, as defined, includes importers) to provide information about their products and emissions in the manner and in the time prescribed. The Tobacco Product Regulations 2014 (Sec. 5 and the First Schedule) makes clear that the only information required is levels of tar and nicotine emissions.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines in that it requires disclosure by manufacturers and importers to government authorities of information on the emissions of their cigarettes.
Disclosed information readily available to the public
The law does not require that disclosed information be made readily available to the public. While the law requires that tar and nicotine emission levels be included on cigarette packaging, this is not what is intended by the FCTC Art 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines, and disclosed information is not made available to the public in any other way.
To align with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines, the law should require disclosure by manufacturers and importers on the contents and emissions of cigarettes and require that disclosed information be made readily available to the public.
