Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
of Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Ban on Display of Tobacco Products) Regulations 2017
Regulation 3
Price lists
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 3(1A) of the Act, a price list —
must comply with paragraphs (2), (3) and (4); and (b)must only be published in accordance with paragraphs (5) to (8).
Subregulation 2
A price list must not contain any picture, image or photograph, or any information other than the following in plain text:
the title “Tobacco Products Price List” in English or its equivalent in any of the other official languages of Singapore;
the price of any tobacco product offered by the retailer for sale;
the name of the manufacturer or brand name of the tobacco product; (d)the type or variant of the tobacco product;
the net weight, or number of units in each package, of the tobacco product;
the barcode or stock number of the tobacco product.
Subregulation 3
In addition, a price list must not be printed on anything other than a piece of paper —
that is no larger than 297 millimetres in length by 210 millimetres in width; and (b)that has no border or frame.
Subregulation 4
Any printed characters on the price list must —
be uniform in font type and size;
be of a font size not exceeding 5 millimetres;
be black in colour;
have a font weight of less than 400;
not be underlined or highlighted; and
be set on a plain white background.
Subregulation 5
Except as provided in paragraphs (6), (7) and (8), a retailer —
must not publish or distribute any price list; and (b)must keep every price list out of the sight of any customer at the retailer’s retail outlet.
Subregulation 6
A retailer must not make a price list available to an under‑aged person.
Subregulation 7
In relation to an individual who is not an under‑aged person, a retailer may make available a price list only under all of the following circumstances:
on the request of that individual for information about the tobacco products that are offered for sale at the retail outlet; (b)at the point of sale within the retail outlet at which the individual’s request is made; (c)after taking reasonable steps to ensure that the individual making the request is not an under‑aged person; (d)for no longer than is needed by the individual to obtain the requested information.
Subregulation 8
A retailer must not make available at any point of sale within a retail outlet more than one copy each of the price list in any of the 4 official languages of Singapore.