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9.—(1) This regulation applies to a unit pack or container pack which contains—
(a)a single cigar or cigarillo; or
(b)two or more cigars each with a unit weight of more than 3 grams.
(2) No person may produce or supply a pack to which this regulation applies unless the pack carries—
(a)the general health warning: “Smoking kills – quit now” together with the smoking cessation information: “Get help to stop smoking at www.nhs.uk/quit”; and
(b)one of the text warnings listed in Annex 1 to the Tobacco Products Directive (“the Annex”).
(3) A producer (other than an importer) must select the text warning referred to in paragraph (2)(b) so that each of the text warnings listed in the Annex appears on between 1/24 and 1/12 of the total number of packs under each brand name produced by that producer within that production year.
(4) An importer must use the importer's best endeavours to ensure that the obligation in paragraph (3) is complied with.
(5) The general health warning referred to in paragraph (2)(a) must—
(a)appear on the most visible surface of the pack; and
(b)cover 30% of the area of the surface on which it appears.
(6) The text warning referred to in paragraph (2)(b) must—
(a)appear on the next most visible surface of the pack or, if the pack has a hinged lid, the surface that appears when the pack is opened; and
(b)cover 40% of the area of the surface on which it appears.
(7) Paragraphs (5)(b) and (6)(b) are subject to paragraph (8).
(8) Where one of the health warnings referred to in paragraph (2) is to appear on a surface with an area which is greater than 150 square centimetres, the health warning must cover at least 45 square centimetres of that surface.
(9) Each of the health warnings referred to in paragraph (2) must—
(a)be in black Helvetica bold type on a white background;
(b)be in a font size which ensures that the text occupies the greatest possible proportion of the surface area reserved for it;
(c)appear at the centre of that area; and
(d)comply with the conditions in regulation 11.
(10) The warning must be parallel to the main text on the surface concerned.
(11) For the purposes of this regulation “production year” has the same meaning as in regulation 6(3)(d).
[F1(12) Regulations may amend this regulation as it applies in relation to the production or supply of GB tobacco products, by omitting from paragraph (1) reference to one or more of the products listed in that paragraph if there is a substantial change of circumstances for the product concerned.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 9(12) inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(9) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(11) (with reg. 5))
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