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The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) Order 2003
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SCHEDULEU.K.Descriptions of Cigars
1. Cigars made entirely of natural tobacco. Cigars do not fall within this description if they contain substances other than natural tobacco.U.K.
2. Cigars with an outer wrapper of natural tobacco. Cigars falling within this description include cigars containing a mixture of tobacco and other substances; provided that they have an outer wrapper of natural tobacco. A cigar containing only substances other than tobacco does not fall within this description.U.K.
3. Cigars with a threshed blend filler and with an outer wrapper that has the normal colour of a cigar. The outer wrapper must cover the cigar in full, including where appropriate the filter but not (in the case of cigars with a mouthpiece) the mouthpiece. The cigar must have a binder (which holds the filler together before the outer wrapper is applied). Both the outer wrapper and the binder must be made of reconstituted tobacco. Each cigar must have a unit weight of not less than 1.2 grams (excluding the weight of any filter or mouthpiece). The outer wrapper must be fitted in spiral form with an acute angle of at least 30 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the cigar. A cigar containing only substances other than tobacco does not fall within this description.U.K.
4. Cigars with a threshed blend filler and with an outer wrapper that has the normal colour of a cigar. The outer wrapper must be made of reconstituted tobacco and must cover the cigar in full, including where appropriate the filter, but not (in the case of cigars with a mouthpiece) the mouthpiece. If the filler is held together with a binder, the binder may be made of a material other than tobacco or reconstituted tobacco. Each cigar must have a unit weight of not less than 2.3 grams (excluding the weight of any filter or mouthpiece). The circumference over at least one third of the length of the cigar must not be less than 34 mm. A cigar containing only substances other than tobacco does not fall within this description.U.K.
5. A product that is described as a cigarillo but falls within one of the above descriptions is a cigar.U.K.
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