The Tobacco Products Labelling (Safety) Amendment Regulations 1993

Insertion of new regulations 4A, 4B and 4C in the principal Regulations

3.  After regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (additional warnings for cigarettes) there are inserted the following regulations:—

“Additional warnings for rolling tobacco

4A.— (1) A producer of rolling tobacco shall ensure that each packet of rolling tobacco which he produces carries on the side opposite to its most visible surface a warning taken from the list in Part I of Schedule 1.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a producer of a brand of rolling tobacco shall ensure that each of the warnings listed in Part I of Schedule 1 appears on an equal number of packets of that brand of rolling tobacco which he produces over any period of 12 months.

(3) A producer of rolling tobacco is to be regarded as complying with the requirements of paragraph (2) in relation to a brand of rolling tobacco if the number of packets of that brand on which each warning appears is no fewer than 95 per cent. of, and no greater than 105 per cent. of, one sixth of the total number of packets of rolling tobacco of that brand produced by him over the period of 12 months.

Additional warnings for cigars, cigarillos, pipe tobacco etc

4B.— (1) A producer of cigars, cigarillos, pipe tobacco or any other tobacco product except cigarettes, rolling tobacco and smokeless tobacco products shall ensure that each packet of such product which he produces carries a warning taken from the list in Part II of Schedule 1.

(2) A producer of a brand of tobacco product to which paragraph (1) applies shall ensure that, within any period of 12 months, each of the warnings listed in Part II of Schedule 1 appears in rotation on packets of that brand of tobacco product which he produces.

Additional warning for smokeless tobacco products

4C.   A producer of smokeless tobacco products shall ensure that each packet of smokeless tobacco product which he produces carries the warning: “Causes cancer”.”.