Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging and Labelling Regulations

Marginal note:Definitions

• 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  Act

  Act means the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act. (Loi)

  carton

  carton means a secondary package that contains two or more primary packages. (cartouche)

  drab brown

  drab brown means the colour known as Pantone 448 C. (brun terne)

  gray

  gray means the colour known as Pantone Cool Gray 2 C. (gris)

  health warning

  health warning, in respect of a tobacco product, has the same meaning as in the Tobacco Products Information Regulations or the Tobacco Products Labelling Regulations (Cigarettes and Little Cigars), as applicable. (mise en garde)

  lower slide-flap

  lower slide-flap means, in respect of a slide and shell package, the lower extremity of the slide that can be folded and is concealed by the shell when the package is closed. (rabat inférieur)

  primary package

  primary package means any package — other than an overwrap — that is intended for retail sale in Canada and in which a tobacco product is directly placed. (emballage primaire)

  secondary package

  secondary package means any package — other than an overwrap — that is intended for retail sale in Canada and in which a primary package is placed. (emballage secondaire)

  slide

  slide means the sliding portion of a slide and shell package. (tiroir)

  upper slide-flap

  upper slide-flap means, in respect of a slide and shell package, the upper extremity of the slide that can be folded and is concealed by the shell when the package is closed and that is visible when the package is used in the customary manner to gain access to the tobacco product. (rabat supérieur)

• Marginal note:Interpretation — common name

  (2) In these Regulations, a reference to a common name is a reference to the common name that is shown on a label in accordance with subparagraph 10(b)(ii) of the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act.

• Marginal note:Interpretation — declaration of net quantity

  (3) In these Regulations, a reference to a declaration of net quantity is a reference to the declaration of net quantity that is contained on a label in accordance with section 4 of the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act.

• Marginal note:Interpretation — exterior surface

  (4) In these Regulations, a reference to an exterior surface of a package that contains a tobacco product is a reference,

  • (a) in the case of a package that has a rectangular cuboid shape when it is closed, to the part of the package that forms, as the case may be, the exterior surface of the front, back, top, bottom or any of the sides of the package;

  • (b) in the case of a cylindrical package,

    • (i) to the part of the package that forms, as the case may be, the exterior surface of the top or bottom of the package when it is closed, and

    • (ii) to the part of the package that forms, as the case may be, the exterior curved surface that makes up the front or back of the package around its circumference; and

  • (c) in the case of any other package, to the part of the package that forms, as the case may be, the exterior surface of the front, back, top, bottom or any of the sides of the package when it is closed.

• Marginal note:Interpretation — overwrap

  (5) In these Regulations, a reference to an interior or exterior surface of a package that contains a tobacco product does not include a reference to an overwrap.