Smoking (Control of Advertisements and Sale of Tobacco) (Labelling) Regulations

Smoking (Control of Advertisements and Sale of Tobacco) Act

(CHAPTER 309, Section 16)

Rg 2

G.N. No. S 226/1993

REVISED EDITION 2000

(31st January 2000)

[31st January 2000]

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Smoking (Control of Advertisements and Sale of Tobacco) (Labelling) Regulations.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“container” includes a box, tin or packet but does not include any outer wrapper or cellophane or other transparent material;

“warning” means any of the warnings specified in regulation 3(1).

Warning on container of tobacco products

3.—(1) There shall be clearly and conspicuously printed in a prominent position on every container of tobacco products any one of the following warnings in the English language, namely:

(a)	Health Warning — Smoking causes heart disease;
(b)	Health Warning — Smoking causes cancer;
(c)	Health Warning — Smoking kills;
(d)	Health Warning — Smoking harms your family.

(2) Each of the warnings specified in paragraph (1) shall be displayed with equal frequency on the container of each type of any brand of tobacco products in a 12-month period.

(3) Each warning shall be displayed on the 2 largest external surfaces of the packet or the container of the tobacco product.

(4) The warning shall be enclosed in a boxed area which shall be white in colour and shall not be less than 20% of the total area of the surface of the container on which the warning is displayed.

(5) The border of the boxed area referred to in paragraph (4) shall be black in colour and have a thickness of not less than 1 mm and not greater than 2 mm.

(6) The words in the warning, other than the words “Health Warning”, shall be in block letters of not less than 3 mm in height and shall be printed in black using the Helvetica Bold typeface.

(7) The words in the warning, other than the words “Health Warning”, shall be printed above the words “Health Warning”.

(8) The words “Health Warning” in the warning shall be in block letters of not more than 2 mm in height and shall be printed in black using the Helvetica Bold typeface.

(9) Nothing else may appear in the boxed area of a container other than any of the warnings referred to in paragraph (1).

Nicotine and tar content of cigarettes to be printed on container

4.—(1) Without prejudice to the generality of regulation 3, in the case of cigarettes, there shall also be printed on each container of cigarettes the nicotine level expressed in tenths of a milligram per cigarette and the tar content expressed in milligrams per cigarette.

(2) The nicotine and tar content of the cigarettes shown on each container of cigarettes shall be in block letters of not less than 2 mm in height in a colour most conspicuous against the colour of the background of the container.

(3) The nicotine and tar content of the cigarettes in each container of cigarettes shall not be printed on the same side of the packet which displays any of the warnings specified in regulation 3(1).

Prohibition of import, distribution, supply, offer for sale or sale

5.—(1) No person shall import, distribute, supply, offer for sale, or sell any tobacco product which fails to comply with any of the requirements under regulation 3 or 4.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a person may import or supply tobacco products which do not comply with the requirements under regulation 3 or 4 if and only if —

(a)	the tobacco products are to be exported out of Singapore;
(b)	the tobacco products are not to be offered for sale, sold or consumed in Singapore; and
(c)	he complies with such requirements and satisfies such conditions as the Director or the Director-General of Customs and Excise may impose.

Furnishing of statements, etc.

6.—(1) Every manufacturer, importer and distributor of tobacco products shall —

(a)	cause to be sent to the Director, within such reasonable time as the Director may require, an annual statement stating the amount of tobacco products manufactured in, imported into or distributed by him in Singapore; and
(b)	keep or cause to be kept records showing the batch numbers of the warning labels used in respect of every batch of tobacco products manufactured in, imported into or sold by him in Singapore.

(2) The records referred to in paragraph (1) shall be kept at the registered office of the manufacturer, importer or distributor, as the case may be, and shall at all times be open to inspection by the Director or an authorised officer.

Penalty

7. Any person who contravenes regulation 6 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

[G.N. Nos. S 226/93; S 12/95]

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