Singapore legislation
Regulation 21
of Tobacco and Vaporisers Control (Appearance, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 2019
Regulation 21
Health warnings on retail packages
Subregulation 1
Subject to regulations 22 and 23, every retail package of any tobacco product must clearly and conspicuously display health warnings in accordance with this regulation.
Subregulation 2
Every retail package of any tobacco product (except a cigarette pack) must display, on each of its 2 largest external surfaces and in the same orientation, one of the health warnings in Part 1 or 2 of the Second Schedule.
Subregulation 3
Every cigarette pack must display, on each of its 2 largest external surfaces and in the same orientation, one of the health warnings in Part 1 of the Second Schedule.
Subregulation 4
Each health warning mentioned in paragraph (2) or (3) must —
subject to regulation 27, be printed on the external surface of the retail package on which it is displayed;
occupy not less than 75% of the total area of the external surface of the retail package on which the health warning is displayed;
conform with the specifications set out in Part 3 of the Second Schedule;
be positioned parallel to the top edge of the external surface on which the health warning is printed, and as much as possible towards the top of that external surface while satisfying sub‑paragraph (e); and
be printed in a manner which ensures that when the retail package is opened or closed in the normal way —
the health warning or any part of it is not obscured or obliterated; and
the health warning is not severed, or is severed only at the conjunction between Parts A and B of the health warning concerned.