Warnings on small retail packages of tobacco products
5.—(1)  Where the external surface area of a retail package of any tobacco product does not exceed 9,000 square millimetres, there shall be clearly and conspicuously printed on the retail package one of the warnings set out in the Second Schedule.
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(2)  The warning referred to in paragraph (1) —
(a)shall be printed —
(i)on any part of the external surface of any spherical retail package;
(ii)on the largest external surface of any cylindrical or conical retail package; or
(iii)on the 2 largest external surfaces of any other kind of retail package;
(b)shall not be printed on any bevelled or rounded edges adjacent to the said surface(s) referred to in sub‑paragraph (a);
(c)shall occupy not less than 50% of the total area of the surface of the retail package on which the warning is printed;
(d)shall conform with the specifications set out in the Second Schedule;
(e)shall be positioned —
(i)parallel to the top edge of the retail package, and as much as possible towards the top part of the retail package while satisfying the requirements of sub‑paragraph (f); and
(ii)in the same direction as how the retail package is to be ordinarily displayed; and
(f)shall be printed in a manner which ensures that when the retail package 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 retail packages of any tobacco product referred to in paragraph (1) so that, during the period of 24 months beginning on 1st March 2013 and every subsequent 24‑month period, each warning appears as far as possible on an equal number of retail packages of each kind of tobacco product supplied in that period.
[S 476/2019 wef 01/07/2019]
[S 476/2019 wef 01/07/2019]