Health Warnings/Messages Features
| Smoked Tobacco Products |
| Type of Warnings |
Pictures (Photos), Text Warnings/Messages |
| On front and back of packages |
Yes |
| % of principal display areas covered |
35 |
| Rotation required? |
Yes |
| Number of messages |
8 |
| Smokeless Tobacco Products |
| Type of Warnings |
|
| % of principal display areas covered |
0 |
| Rotation required? |
No |
| Number of messages |
N/A |
Definitions of Key Terms - Alignment with the FCTC and its guidelines
|
Aligns |
Does Not Align |
N/A |
| Tobacco Product |
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| Outside Packaging and Labeling |
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Penalties
|
Yes |
No |
| Manufacturer |
| |
| Importer |
| |
| Wholesaler |
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| Retailer |
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Other Packaging and Labeling Requirements
|
Required |
Some
Restrictions |
Not
Required |
Uncertain |
N/A |
| Warnings on unit packaging and labeling (e.g. packs) |
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| Warnings on outside packaging and labeling (e.g. cartons) |
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| Warning texts iin the principal language(s) of the country |
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| Warnings may not be placed where they may be concealed or damaged when opening the pack |
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| Tax stamps or other required markings may not be placed where they may conceal warnings |
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| Qualitative (descriptive) constituents and emissions disclosures |
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| Ban on display of figures for emission yields (including tar, nicotine, etc.) |
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| Plain or standardized packaging |
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| Prohibition on misleading packaging and labeling |
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Content of the Warnings/Messages
|
Yes |
No |
| Health impacts |
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| Advice on cessation |
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| The addictive nature of tobacco |
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| Adverse economic and social outcomes |
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| The impact of tobacco use on friends and family |
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| A quitline phone number |
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