Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging and Labelling Regulations

Marginal note:Manner of display — official languages

• 91 (1) Health warnings must be displayed on packages in both official languages in such a manner that

  • (a) in the case of a health warning that must be displayed on two display areas of a primary package, the English version is on one display area and the French version is on the other;

  • (b) in the case of a health warning that must be displayed on one display area of a primary package, the English and French versions are side by side;

  • (c) in the case of two health warnings that must be displayed on four display areas of a secondary package that is a carton, the two health warnings are displayed as follows:

    • (i) the English version of one health warning is on the display area on the front or back of the carton and the French version is on the display area on the front or back that remains unoccupied by the English version, and

    • (ii) the English version of the other health warning is on the display area on one side of the carton and the French version is on the display area on the other side; and

  • (d) in the case of a health warning that must be displayed on one display area of an overwrap, the English and French versions are side by side.

• Marginal note:Alignment

  (2) The health warnings must be positioned parallel to and as close as possible to the top edge of the package or to the hinge opening, depending on the type of package.

• Marginal note:Specific requirement — cigar tube

  (3) Despite subsection (2), in the case of a cigar tube, the health warning must be positioned perpendicular to the edge of the lid of the cigar tube.

• Marginal note:Format

  (4) The health warnings must be displayed on packages in one of the following formats:

  • (a) if the height-to-width ratio of the portion of a display area on which a health warning must be displayed is less than 1, the “Landscape” format;

  • (b) if that ratio is more than 1, the “Portrait” format;

  • (c) if that ratio is equal to 1, the “Square” format.