Warnings on small containers of smoked tobacco products
4.—(1) Where the external surface of a container of any smoked tobacco product has an area of 9,000 square millimetres or less, there shall be clearly and conspicuously printed on the container one of the warnings set out in the Second Schedule.
(2) The warning referred to in paragraph (1) —
(a)
shall be printed —
(i)
on the external surface of any spherical container of the tobacco product;
(ii)
on the largest external surface of any cylindrical or conical container of the tobacco product; or
(iii)
on the 2 largest external surfaces of any other kind of container of the tobacco product;
(b)
shall be of an area not less than 50% of the total area of the surface of the container on which the warning is printed;
(c)
shall conform with the specifications set out in the Second Schedule;
(d)
shall be positioned —
(i)
parallel to the top edge of the container, towards the top part of the container as much as possible while satisfying the requirements of sub-paragraph (e); and
(ii)
in the same direction as the other information that is on the container; and
(e)
shall be printed in a manner that ensures that, when the container is opened or closed in the normal way, no portion of the warning is severed, obliterated or becomes unreadable.
(3) Each of the warnings set out in the Second Schedule shall be printed in rotation on the containers of each kind of smoked tobacco products referred to in paragraph (1) so that, during the period of 24 months beginning on 1st August 2004 and every subsequent 24-month period, each warning appears as far as possible on an equal number of containers of each kind of tobacco product.