Singapore legislation
Regulation 25
of Tobacco and Vaporisers Control (Appearance, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 2019
Regulation 25
Health information message on retail packages
Subregulation 1
This regulation applies to every retail package of any tobacco product except —
a small retail package of beedies;
a cylindrical cigar tube; or
a retail package that has only 2 external surfaces and does not have a closing flap.
Subregulation 2
Every retail package to which this regulation applies must bear the following words (called the health information message) clearly and conspicuously printed on it:“Smoking exposes you and those around you to more than 4,000 toxic chemicals, of which at least 60 can cause cancer. The chemicals include tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, ammonia and benzene.”.
Subregulation 3
The health information message —
must, subject to regulation 27, be printed on the retail package;
must be printed —
in Arial typeface in a normal weighted font;
in black colour; and
in sentence case of a uniform font size of not less than 3.5 millimetres;
must be set against a background in the colour Pantone 108C;
must fill, as nearly as possible, the background on which it is printed;
if displayed on the side of the retail package, must be oriented so that the lines of text making up the health information message are parallel to the longest edges of the external surface on which the message is displayed; and
subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), where the retail package has more than 2 external surfaces —
must not be displayed on the same external surface on which a health warning mentioned in regulation 21(2) or (3) is displayed; and
must occupy not less than 50% of the total area of the external surface on which the health information message is printed.
Subregulation 4
Where the retail package is a rectangular cigar tube, the health information message must, in addition to paragraph (3)(e), occupy the entire external surface of the side of the retail package on which it is displayed.
Subregulation 5
Where the retail package is a box or tin for any tobacco product (except cigarettes), the health information message —
may be displayed on the inner surface of the opening lid of the box or tin that is the largest surface of that box or tin; but(b)must occupy not less than 50% of the total area of that inner surface.
Subregulation 6
Where the retail package is a pouch for any tobacco product, the health information message —
may be displayed on the inner surface of the closing flap of the pouch; but(b)must occupy not less than 50% of the total area of that inner surface.