Tobacco Products Information Regulations

Marginal note:Obligation to display

• 5 (1) Subject to subsections (4) to (6), every manufacturer of bidis, cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, kreteks, leaf tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, tobacco sticks, or pipe tobacco, other than pipe tobacco described in section 6, shall display the applicable health warnings for the tobacco product on every package of the tobacco product that they manufacture, in accordance with this section.

• Marginal note:Manner of display

  (2) The health warnings must

  • (a) be displayed in English on one principal display surface and in French on the other principal display surface;

  • (b) occupy at least 50% of the principal display surfaces and be positioned parallel to the top edge of the package, towards the top part of the package as much as possible while satisfying the requirements of paragraph (c), and in the same direction as the other information that is on the package;

  • (c) be displayed on a principal display surface in a manner that ensures that none of the words of the warning will be severed when the package is opened; and

  • (d) be selected, except in the case of bidis, chewing tobacco and snuff, from the formats provided by the Minister for each health warning and based on the shape of the space as determined in accordance with paragraph (b).

• Marginal note:Pitch

  (3) A health warning referred to in subsections (4) to (6) shall be displayed using black characters on a white background in Helvetica bold type in a pitch that results in it occupying not less than 60% and not more than 70% of the area in which it is displayed as determined in accordance with paragraph (2)(b).

• Marginal note:Bidis

  (4) Every manufacturer of bidis shall display one of the following bilingual health warnings on every package of bidis that they manufacture, in accordance with subsection (7):

  • (a) “USE OF THIS PRODUCT CAN CAUSE CANCER” and “L’USAGE DE CE PRODUIT PEUT CAUSER LE CANCER”;

  • (b) “TOBACCO SMOKE HURTS CHILDREN” and “LA FUMÉE DE TABAC NUIT AUX ENFANTS”;

  • (c) “TOBACCO SMOKE CAN CAUSE FATAL LUNG DISEASES” and “LA FUMÉE DE TABAC PEUT CAUSER DES MALADIES PULMONAIRES MORTELLES”; or

  • (d) “TOBACCO SMOKE CONTAINS HYDROGEN CYANIDE” and “LA FUMÉE DE TABAC CONTIENT DE L’ACIDE CYANHYDRIQUE”.

• Marginal note:Chewing tobacco and oral snuff

  (5) Every manufacturer of chewing tobacco or oral snuff shall display one of the following bilingual health warnings on every package of chewing tobacco or oral snuff that they manufacture, in accordance with subsection (7):

  • (a) “THIS PRODUCT IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE” and “CE PRODUIT CRÉE UNE FORTE DÉPENDANCE”;

  • (b) “THIS PRODUCT CAUSES MOUTH DISEASES” and “CE PRODUIT CAUSE DES MALADIES DE LA BOUCHE”;

  • (c) “THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO CIGARETTES” and “CE PRODUIT N’EST PAS UN SUBSTITUT SÉCURITAIRE À LA CIGARETTE”; or

  • (d) “USE OF THIS PRODUCT CAN CAUSE CANCER” and “L’USAGE DE CE PRODUIT PEUT CAUSER LE CANCER”.

• Marginal note:Nasal snuff

  (6) Every manufacturer of nasal snuff shall display one of the following bilingual health warnings on every package of nasal snuff that they manufacture, in accordance with subsection (7):

  • (a) “THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO CIGARETTES” and “CE PRODUIT N’EST PAS UN SUBSTITUT SÉCURITAIRE À LA CIGARETTE”;

  • (b) “THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS CANCER CAUSING AGENTS” and “CE PRODUIT CONTIENT DES AGENTS CANCÉRIGÈNES”;

  • (c) “THIS PRODUCT MAY BE ADDICTIVE” and “CE PRODUIT PEUT CRÉER UNE DÉPENDANCE”; and

  • (d) “THIS PRODUCT MAY BE HARMFUL” and “CE PRODUIT PEUT ÊTRE NOCIF”.

• Marginal note:Equal display

  (7) Every manufacturer shall, in respect of each brand of a tobacco product that the manufacturer packages in a year and each type of package of the brand, display each health warning

  • (a) in the case of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, kreteks, leaf tobacco and tobacco sticks, on between 3.25% and 9.25% of those tobacco products; and

  • (b) in the case of bidis, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco and snuff, on between 22% and 28% of those tobacco products.