Singapore legislation
Regulation 7
of Tobacco and Vaporisers Control (Appearance, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 2019
Regulation 7
Tear strips on wrappers
Subregulation 1
A wrapper mentioned in regulation 6(1) may include only one tear strip, which must —
(a)
be transparent and not coloured;
(b)
be parallel to any edge of the retail package, container or larger package, as the case may be; and
(c)
form a single continuous straight line of constant width around the circumference of the retail package, container or larger package, as the case may be.
Subregulation 2
In this regulation, “tear strip” means a line of plastic incorporated into a wrapper to enable the wrapper to be opened quickly, but does not include any part of the wrapper that is removed with the tear strip when the wrapper is opened.