Pictures (Photos), Text Warnings/Messages
Type of Warnings / Messages Required
65% of Front, 65% of Back
Location and Size of Warnings / Messages on Unit Packaging
12
Number of Warnings / Messages Authorized to Be Displayed on Front / Back at Any Given Time
Uncertain
Rotation
Specified- 3 years
Length of Rotation Period
Analysis
All tobacco product packages must carry a combined picture/text health warning that occupies at least 65% of the front and back of the package.
Article 54 of Resolution 290 states that the warnings “shall be updated no more than once every three years”. It is unclear whether updating the warnings is required. It is also unclear if each of the 12 picture/text warnings must be rotated and distributed evenly across tobacco product packaging.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 and aligns with the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to size and location of health warnings on packages on smoked tobacco products. To more fully align with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines, the law should require the warnings to be distributed evenly across tobacco product packaging.
Pictures (Photos), Text Warnings/Messages
Type of Warnings / Messages Required
65% of Front, 65% of Back
Location and Size of Warnings / Messages on Unit Packaging
9
Number of Warnings / Messages Authorized to Be Displayed on Front / Back at Any Given Time
Uncertain
Rotation
Specified- 3 years
Length of Rotation Period
Analysis
Smokeless tobacco products, except for naswar, are banned. All tobacco product packages, including naswar, must carry a combined picture/text health warning that occupies at least 65% of the front and back of the package.
Article 54 of Resolution 290 states that the warnings “shall be updated no more than once every three years”. It is unclear whether updating the warnings is required. It is also unclear if each of the 9 picture/text warnings for smokeless tobacco products (naswar) must be rotated and distributed evenly across tobacco product packaging.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 and aligns with the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to size and location of health warnings on packages on smoked tobacco products. To more fully align with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines, the law should require the warnings to be distributed evenly across tobacco product packaging.
