2 There are 2 new laws - we have outlined the basic requirements below: Tobacco and Related Products Regulations Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products 2016 Regulations 2015 Applies to the following products:- Applies ONLY to the following products:- Cigarettes / Cigarillos Cigarettes Hand rolling tobacco & pipe tobacco Hand Rolling Tobacco (HRT) Water-pipe tobacco (tobacco shisha) Blunts (tobacco leaf rolling paper) Smokeless tobacco (chewing / snuff) Novel tobacco products (e-cigarettes) This law makes the following changes: The law makes the following changes: Health Warnings These are the plain packaging regulations. Cigarettes They must be in English and hand rolling tobacco (HRT) must be in plain packaging. They will cover 65% of the front and back of packet Applies to all tobacco products? Herbal Tobacco Products Compliant Stock will have to have the following: Must have the following warning: No graphics, logos or colours Only the brand name, health warning and UK Tax “Smoking this product damages your health.” stamp Smoking cessation number / website Chewing Tobacco Olive / Green (Pantone 448C) colour packs. Must have the following warning: A minimum of pack size 20 (Cigarettes) tobacco product damages your health “This A minimum pouch size of 30g (HRT) and is addictive” Standard Size of product packaging Restrictions on labelling of cigarette sticks. Flavouring & additives in cigarettes & HRT Example of Cigarettes plain packaging:- will be banned from 20th May 2016 Menthol cigarettes are able to be sold until May 2020– as long as they comply with other legislation (e.g. plain packaging) E-Cigarettes advertising & promotion Example of Hand rolling tobacco plain packaging:- Similar restrictions apply to e-cigarettes, as already apply to tobacco products (e.g. age restriction, ban on advertising & free gift promotions, etc.) Flavours are banned from cigarettes & HRT Labelling & Ingredients But are not banned from shisha, cigars, etc. Tar levels and other ingredient information But these products cannot state such flavours on their should no longer be present on the outer label due to the new packaging rules. packaging. All non-compliant stock must be sold by 20th May 2017 any items found after this date may be subject to legal action. –
2 There are 2 new laws - we have outlined the basic requirements below: Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 Applies to the following products:- Applies ONLY to the following products:- Cigarettes / Cigarillos Hand rolling tobacco & pipe tobacco Water-pipe tobacco (tobacco shisha) Blunts (tobacco leaf rolling paper) Smokeless tobacco (chewing / snuff) Novel tobacco products (e-cigarettes) Cigarettes Hand Rolling Tobacco (HRT) This law makes the following changes: The law makes the following changes: Health Warnings They must be in English They will cover 65% of the front and back of packet Applies to all tobacco products? These are the plain packaging regulations. Cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco (HRT) must be in plain packaging. Herbal Tobacco Products Must have the following warning: “Smoking this product damages your health.” Compliant Stock will have to have the following: No graphics, logos or colours Only the brand name, health warning and UK Tax stamp Smoking cessation number / website Olive / Green (Pantone 448C) colour packs. A minimum of pack size 20 (Cigarettes) A minimum pouch size of 30g (HRT) Standard Size of product packaging Restrictions on labelling of cigarette sticks. Chewing Tobacco Must have the following warning: “This tobacco product damages your health and is addictive” Flavouring & additives in cigarettes & HRT will be banned from 20th May 2016 Menthol cigarettes are able to be sold until May 2020– as long as they comply with other legislation (e.g. plain packaging) Example of Cigarettes plain packaging:- Example of Hand rolling tobacco plain packaging:- E-Cigarettes advertising & promotion Similar restrictions apply to e-cigarettes, as already apply to tobacco products (e.g. age restriction, ban on advertising & free gift promotions, etc.) Labelling & Ingredients Tar levels and other ingredient information should no longer be present on the outer packaging. Flavours are banned from cigarettes & HRT But are not banned from shisha, cigars, etc. But these products cannot state such flavours on their label due to the new packaging rules. All non-compliant stock must be sold by 20th May 2017 – any items found after this date may be subject to legal action.
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