Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging and Labelling Regulations

Marginal note:Alphanumeric code

• 63 (1) A tobacco product may display an alphanumeric code described in subsection 15(1), printed in black or gray.

• Marginal note:Subsection 5.3(3) of the Act

  (2) For the purposes of subsection 5.3(3) of the Act, black and gray colouring agents used to display the alphanumeric code on a tobacco product are prescribed additives.

• Marginal note:Other requirements

  (3) The alphanumeric code must

  • (a) be printed only once on the tobacco product, in characters of no more than 8 points;

  • (b) have a matte finish and be printed in a regular weight and width Lucida Sans Serif font style, without italics;

  • (c) in the case of cigarettes that have tipping paper, little cigars, cigars and tobacco products that are made in whole or in part of tobacco, rolled in paper and intended for use with a device, be oriented parallel to and displayed no more than 38 mm from the end of the tobacco product that is not designed to be lit or heated;

  • (d) in the case of cigarettes that do not have tipping paper, be oriented parallel to and displayed no more than 38 mm from the end of the cigarette that is closest to the health warning’s display area; and

  • (e) be positioned in such a manner that it does not obscure or conceal any health warning, or any attribution referred to in subsection 83(1), that is displayed on the tobacco product.

• Marginal note:Exception — cigars

  (4) Despite paragraph (3)(a), instead of being printed on a cigar, the alphanumeric code may be printed on a cigar band that meets the requirements of subsection 71(4) if the code is displayed only once on the band and is printed in characters of no more than 10 points.

• Marginal note:Information — characteristics

  (5) The alphanumeric code must not convey any information relating to characteristics of the tobacco product or its emissions.

• Marginal note:Brand element

  (6) The alphanumeric code must not evoke the tobacco product’s brand elements.