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Table of contents

REGUL TION P GE

PART I - PRE IMINARY........................................................................................................................... 3

1. Citati n............................................................................................................................ 3

2. C mmencement ............................................................................................................... 3

3. Interpretati n .................................................................................................................. 3

PART II - CONDITIONS FOR DISP AY OF TOBACCO PRODUCT ADVERTISEMENTS IN

SHOPS AND RETAI P ACES................................................................................................................. 3

4. P int f sale advertising - sh ps and retail places.......................................................... 3

PART III - DISP AY OF PRESCRIBED SIGNAGE............................................................................... 4

5. N -sales-t -children signage .......................................................................................... 4

6. N sm king signs in sch ls, h spitals, encl sed public places and encl sed

w rkplaces ...................................................................................................................... 4

PART IV - INFORMATION TO BE PRINTED ON TOBACCO PRODUCT PACKAGES................ 5

DIVISION 1 GENER L

7. Interpretati n in relati n t packaging ........................................................................... 5

8. Retail package must bear warning message and, in certain cases, explanat ry message

........................................................................................................................................ 6

9. Messages n certain smaller packages ........................................................................... 6

10. F rmat f warning message and explanat ry message................................................... 6

11. P siti n f warning message and explanat ry message ................................................. 7

12. Area t be c vered by warning message and explanat ry message................................ 7

13. Orientati n f message.................................................................................................... 7

14. Messages n t t be bscured etc. .................................................................................... 8

15. Use f adhesive labels ..................................................................................................... 8

16. Messages t appear in r tati n ....................................................................................... 8

17. Minister may appr ve variati n ...................................................................................... 8

DIVISION 2 RET IL P CK GES CONT INING CIG RETTES

18. Message t be printed n the side f a retail package f cigarettes................................ 9

DIVISION 3 CIG RS

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19. Packages f cigars must bear certain messages ........................................................... 10

20. Messages n package with hinged lid ........................................................................... 11

21. Messages n ther packages f cigars .......................................................................... 11

PART V – TESTING AND REPORTING ON TAR, NICOTINE AND CARBON MONOXIDE

CONTENT OF CIGARETTES ................................................................................................................. 11

22. Rep rts n average tar, nic tine and carb n m n xide c ntent f cigarettes .............. 11

23. Testing meth ds............................................................................................................. 12

24. Minister may request testing ......................................................................................... 12

25. Cigarettes that exceed prescribed limits f tar r nic tine ........................................... 12

SCHEDU E 1 ............................................................................................................................................. 13

SCHEDU E 2 ............................................................................................................................................. 14

SCHEDU E 3 ............................................................................................................................................. 15

SCHEDU E 4 ............................................................................................................................................. 16

SCHEDU E 5 ............................................................................................................................................. 17

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TOBACCO CONTRO REGU ATIONS 2009

In exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 30 of the T bacc C ntr l Act

2009, Cabinet hereby makes the following regulations―

Part I PRELIMINARY

1. Citation

These Regulations are the T bacc C ntr l Regulati ns 2009.

2. Commencement

These Regulations come into force on 1 ugust 2009, subject to the commencement

provisions of the ct.

3. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears

“cigar” means a roll of cut tobacco for smoking enclosed in a tobacco leaf or the leaf

of another plant;

“retail place” includes a kiosk, cart or any other structure if a tobacco product is offered

for retail sale to the public from that kiosk, cart or any other structure;

“the ct” means the T bacc C ntr l Act 2009;

“the Regulations” means any regulations made under the ct and includes these

Regulations;

“word” includes an abbreviation, an initial and a number.

Part II CONDITIONS FOR DISPLAY OF TOBACCO PRODUCT ADVERTISEMENTS IN SHOPS AND RETAIL PLACES

4. Point of sale advertising - shops and retail places

For the purposes of subsection 3(3) of the ct a tobacco product advertisement in a

shop or other retail place ―

(a) must be within 1 metre of the point of sale;

(b) if placed on or near a window, must face the inside of the shop or other retail

place;

and

(d) must not be larger than 500 square centimetres.

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Part III DISPLAY OF PRESCRIBED SIGNAGE

5. No-sales-to-children signage

(1) For the purposes of subsection 9(3) of the ct, the prescribed signs relating to the

prohibition of the sale of tobacco products to persons under the age of 18 years are the

signs set out in Schedule 1, and every retailer of tobacco products shall post within the

retail premises or place from which he sells tobacco products at least one copy of each of

the two prescribed signs.

(2) The prescribed signs must be

(a) a minimum 3 in size (420 millimetres in width and 297 millimetres in height);

and

(b) displayed in a manner that ensures that they are clearly visible

(i) at an entrance to the premises; or

(ii) at a point of sale on the premises or retail place.

(3) Nothing in this regulation prohibits the use of a sign, in addition to the prescribed

signs, that conveys by way of graphics, pictures, symbols or text a message about the

prohibition of the sale of tobacco products to persons under the age of 18 years.

6. No smoking signs in schools, hospitals, enclosed public places and enclosed

workplaces

(1) For the purposes of section 13 of the ct, the prescribed requirements for the no

smoking signs to be displayed within a school, a hospital, an enclosed public place or an

enclosed workplace are

(a) that the signs contain

(i) a no smoking symbol, in the form of a red circle and diagonal line printed

over a depiction of a cigarette and smoke, the outer diameter of which is at

least 70 millimetres; and

(ii) the phrase “No Smoking” or “Smoking Prohibited” in letters of at least 15

millimetres in height; and

(iii)the statement “It is an offence to smoke in a school, a hospital, an enclosed

public place or an enclosed workplace”; and

(b) that the signs are displayed in such manner as to ensure that a person is reasonably

likely to see one or more of them either on entering the school, hospital, enclosed

public place or workplace or from within the enclosed public place or enclosed

workplace.

(2) Nothing in sub regulation (1) prohibits the use of signs, in addition to those referred

to in sub regulation (1), that convey by way of graphics, pictures, symbols or text a no

smoking message.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 17 of the ct, the

prescribed requirements for health warning signs to be displayed in designated smoking

areas are

(a) that the signs contain the words “Health Warning” at the top, followed by the

health warnings listed in column 2 of items 1, 4 and 6 of Schedule 2; and

(b) that the signs are a minimum of 3 in size (420 millimetres in width and 297

millimetres in height; and

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background, and printed in type that is of such a size that the text as nearly as

possible fills the background on which it is printed; and

(d) that the signs are affixed securely to a wall or fixture so that they cannot be easily

removed, and positioned inside the designated smoking area in such manner as to

ensure that the signs are clearly visible and legible to a person using the

designated smoking area.

Part IV INFORMATION TO BE PRINTED ON TOBACCO PRODUCT PACKAGES

Division 1 General

7. Interpretation in relation to packaging

(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

“corresponding explanatory message”, in relation to a warning message, means the

explanatory message that appears in the same item in Schedule 2 as the warning message;

“explanatory message” means a message set out in Column 3 of Schedule 2;

“face”, in relation to retail package of which the outer surface includes 2 or more flat

areas that are bounded by edges of the package, means any of those flat areas;

“flip top pack” means a retail package of the kind commonly called a flip top pack or

hinge top pack;

“pouch” means a retail package that is:

(a) made from flexible material; and

(b) takes the form of a rectangular pocket with a flap that covers the opening;

“retail package”

(a) means a package in which a tobacco product is sold at retail;

(b) subject to paragraph (c) hereof, if several packages are contained inside a

larger package (for example, packets of cigarettes in a carton) and the whole is

offered for retail sale as one unit includes the larger package and each smaller

package therein;

(i) a display case that is sold with the tobacco product displayed in it;

(ii) a wrapper on, or a package containing, a single cigar; or

(iii) a larger package which is formed by an outer wrapper of cellophane

or other transparent material;

“soft pack” means a retail package of the kind commonly called a soft pack or soft cup;

“warning message” means a message set out in Column 2 of Schedule 2.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

(a) openings, gaps or edges that are created in a face of a retail package when the

package is opened are to be disregarded;

(b) an area of a surface that bears decorative ridges, embossing, bulges or other

irregularities but is otherwise flat is taken to be a flat area;

edges equal in length to the edges of the smallest rectangular solid inside which

the pack will fit when it is not compressed;

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(d) a face that has rounded corners but is otherwise square or rectangular is taken to

be square or rectangular, as the case requires;

(e) the surface area of a retail package is the area that would be covered by the outer

layer of the package if it were opened out and pressed flat;

(f) a cylindrical package includes a package that is, in one plane, elliptical, rather

than circular, in cross section.

8. Retail package must bear warning message and, in certain cases, explanatory

message

Subject to this Division, a retail package of tobacco must bear:

(a) a warning message and the corresponding explanatory message; or

(b) if permitted or required by another provision of these Regulations:

(i) a warning message, the same warning message repeated and the

corresponding explanatory message; or

(ii) a warning message and the same warning message repeated.

9. Messages on certain smaller packages

(1) If the largest face of a retail package (other than a retail package of a kind described

in item 8 of Schedule 3) has an area of 40 square centimetres or less and would, but for

this subregulation, be required to bear an explanatory message; then―

(a) an explanatory message need not be printed on that face; and

(b) both that face and the face on which the warning message is to be printed, must

bear the same warning message.

(2) retail package of a kind described in item 8 of Schedule 3:

(a) is not required to bear an explanatory message; and

(b) must bear a warning message printed on the package twice.

10. Format of warning message and explanatory message

Warning message of an explanatory message must be in the following format:

(a) the text must be printed:

(i) within a black rectangular or square border of which the lines are no wider

than the upper case letter “I” in the 18 point type size of the type face

prescribed in paragraph (b); and

(ii) on a white background within the border referred to in sub paragraph (i);

(b) the text must be printed in the type face known as Helvetica, in upper case and

lower case letters as the text of the message is set out in Schedule 2, in type that

is:

(i) clear and legible; and

(ii) subject to paragraph (c), of the same height throughout the message; and

(iii)black; and

(iv)of normal weight; and

(v) of such a size that the text as nearly as possible fills the background on

which it is printed; and

health warnings, must be in type of a point size not greater than 3 points larger

than the type used for the remainder of the explanatory message.

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11. Position of warning message and explanatory message

(1) For a retail package of a kind described in item 1 or 2 of Schedule 3:

(a) the warning message is to be printed:

(i) on the face of the package specified in the relevant item; and

(ii) so that the upper edge of the background is no further than 3 millimetres

below the upper edge of the face on which the message is printed; and

(b) the explanatory message is to be printed:

(i) on the face of the package that is opposite to the face on which the warning

message is to be printed; and

(ii) so that the upper edge of the background is no further than 3 millimetres

below the upper edge of the face on which the message is printed.

(2) For a retail package of the kind described in item 3, 5, 6, or 7 of Schedule 3:

(a) the warning message is to be printed on the face of the package specified in the

relevant item; and

(b) the explanatory message is to be printed on the face of the package that is

opposite to the face on which the warning message is to be printed.

(3) For a pouch described in item 4 of Schedule 3, the warning message is to be printed

on the face of the pouch specified in the item.

(4) If the flap of a pouch described in item 4 of Schedule 3 is, in area, less than 33.33% of

the area of the face on which the warning message is to be printed, the explanatory

message is to be printed:

(a) on the face that is partly covered by the flap when the package is closed; and

(b) not in the area that is covered by the flap when the package is closed.

(5) If the flap of a pouch described in item 4 of Schedule 3 is, in area, at least 33.33% of

the area of the face on which the warning message is to be printed, the explanatory

message is to be printed on the outside of the flap.

(6) For a retail package of a kind described in item 8 of Schedule 3, the two warning

messages are to be printed on the package as far apart as possible.

(7) For a retail package of a kind described in item 9 of Schedule 3:

(a) the warning message is to be printed on the face of the package specified in the

item; and

(b) the explanatory message is to be printed as far as possible from the warning

message on the package.

12. Area to be covered by warning message and explanatory message

(1) warning message that is printed on a retail package of a kind described in items 1 to

7 (inclusive) of Schedule 3 must cover at least 30% of the area of the face on which it is

printed.

(2) n explanatory message that is printed on a retail package of a kind described in

items 1 to 7 (inclusive) of Schedule 3 must cover at least 30% of the area of the face on

which it is printed.

(3) warning message that is printed on a retail package of a kind described in item 8 or

9 of Schedule 3 must cover at least 15% of the total surface area of the package.

(4) n explanatory message that is printed on a retail package of a kind described in item

9 of Schedule 3 must cover at least 20% of the total surface area of the package.

13. Orientation of message

The text of a warning message or an explanatory message must be oriented as follows:

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(a) if the face on which the message is to be printed has other text printed on it, and

all, or the majority of, that other text is oriented in one direction – the text must be

oriented in that direction; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, the text may by oriented in any direction.

14. Messages not to be obscured etc.

(1) If a message that is required by these Regulations to be printed on a retail package

is likely to be obscured or obliterated by a wrapper on the package, the message

must be printed on both the wrapper and the package.

(2) message (other than a message on a carton) must not be likely to be obliterated,

removed or rendered permanently unreadable when the retail package on which it is

printed is opened in the normal way.

15. Use of adhesive labels

(1) message that is required by these Regulations to be printed on a retail package may

be printed on an adhesive label that is affixed to the retail package.

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a flip top pack or a soft pack after 20 pril 2010.

(3) n adhesive label referred to in subregulation (1) must:

(a) comply with these Regulations in all respects other than as specifically set out in

this regulation; and

(b) be affixed to the face of the package on which the message that it bears is required

to be printed, but may be affixed anywhere on that face; and

(4) n adhesive label referred to in subregulation (1) may be affixed in any orientation.

16. Messages to appear in rotation

(1) Each warning message and (where required by these Regulations) the corresponding

explanatory message must be printed in rotation on retail packages of tobacco, so that,

during the period of 12 months beginning on 1 January in each year, each message

appears as nearly as possible on an equal number of retail packages of each kind of

tobacco.

(2) Tobacco is of different kinds for the purposes of subregulation (1) if:

(a) it is sold under different brand names; or

(b) it is sold under one brand name but is distinguished in one or more of the

following ways:

(i) containing or not containing menthol;

(ii) being differently flavoured;

(iii) having different contents of tar;

(iv) allegedly differing in “mildness”;

(v) having or not having filter tips or cork tips;

(vi) being sold in retail packages containing different numbers of pieces;

(vii) being of different length or mass.

17. Minister may approve variation

(1) If, upon receipt and consideration of a written application from a person who imports

tobacco or from a manufacturer of tobacco products for permission to sell tobacco

products the packaging of which contains messages that do not fulfil all of the

requirements prescribed by these Regulations, the Minister determines that the messages

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on the relevant packaging vary only slightly from the prescribed requirements and are

substantially to the same effect as the prescribed requirements, the Minister may approve

such variation in packaging.

(2) written application made under subregulation (1) shall include all details of the

manner in which the proposed packaging varies from the requirements prescribed by

these Regulations, and shall include a full scale illustration of all relevant faces and

surfaces of the proposed packaging.

(3) ny approval by the Minister under subregulation (1) of variation in packaging shall

be made in writing and published in the Gazette, giving details of the manner in which

the approved variation differs from the prescribed requirements.

(4) ny packaging approved under this regulation shall be deemed to comply with the

requirements prescribed by these Regulations.

(5) n approval by the Minister under subregulation (1) shall be valid in respect of the

import and sale of the relevant tobacco products by any person, not only by the person

who made the application, and, subject to subregulation (6), shall remain valid unless and

until it is revoked by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

(6) ny revocation of approval under subregulation (5) shall take effect sixty days after it

is published in the Gazette.

Division 2 Retail packages containing cigarettes

18. Message to be printed on the side of a retail package of cigarettes

(l) For the purposes of this regulation, a reference to the sides of a retail package

containing cigarettes is a reference;

(a) in the case of a cylindrical retail package to those parts of the curved surface of

the package that, if the vertical centre line of the largest brand name on the

curved surface of the package is taken to be at 0 degrees, extend:

(i) from 60 degrees to 120 degrees; and

(ii) from 240 degrees to 300 degrees;

around the circumference of a flat face of the package; and

(b) in the case of a package that has 2 faces that are hexagonal or octagonal, and of

which all the other faces are square or rectangular to the square or rectangular

faces of the package, other than the front and the back; and

back; and

(d) in any other case to the surfaces of the package, other than the back and the

front, that are vertical when the package is held so that the axis of the cigarettes

within it is vertical.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1);

(a) the front of a retail package (other than a retail package of a kind described in

item 8 or 9 of Schedule 3) is that face of the package on which the warning

message is required to be printed; and

(b) the back of a retail package (other than a retail package of a kind described in

item 8 or 9 of Schedule 3) is the face:

(i) on which the explanatory message is required to be printed; or

(ii) on which the explanatory message would, but for subregulation 9(1), be

required to be printed.

(3) The following message must be printed on a retail package of cigarettes:

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• Smoking exposes you to more than 40 harmful chemicals.

• These chemicals damage blood vessels, body cells and the immune

system.

• QUIT NOW to reduce your risk of chronic illness or premature death.

(4) The message required by subregulation (3);

(a) in the case of a retail package other than a retail package of a kind described in

item 8 or 9 of Schedule 3 must be printed:

(i) if both or all of the sides of the package are the same in area on one side

of the package; or

(ii) if one side of the package is larger than the other or others on the larger

or largest side; or

(iii)if 2 or more sides of the package are larger than the other or others on

one of those larger sides; or

(b) in the case of a retail package of a kind described in item 8 or 9 of Schedule 3

may be printed anywhere on the package.

(5) The message required by sub regulation (3) must be printed:

(a) in the type face known as Helvetica, in type that is:

(i) clear and legible; and

(ii) black; and

(iii)of normal weight; and

(iv)of such a size that the text as nearly as possible fills the background on

which it is printed; and

(b) in upper and lower case, as the text of the message is set out in subregulation (3);

and

lines of type making up the message are parallel to the longest edges of the face

on which the message is printed; and

(d) on a rectangular or square background of the kind set out in subregulation (6).

(6) The background referred to in paragraph (d) of subregulation (5):

(a) must be white; and

(b) must occupy:

(i) in the case of a retail package other than a flip top pack, a carton or a

package of a kind described in item 8 or 9 of Schedule 3, the whole of one

side; or

(ii) in the case of a carton, at least 25% of the side on which the message is

printed; or

(iii)in the case of a flip top pack, the whole of one side except the part of that

side that forms the top; or

(iv)in the case of a retail package of a kind described in item 8 or 9 of

Schedule 3, at least 9% of the total surface area of the package.

Division 3 Cigars

19. Packages of cigars must bear certain messages

retail package containing cigars must bear:

(a) a warning message, and the corresponding explanatory message, in accordance

with Division 1; or

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(b) a warning message, the warning message repeated, and the corresponding

explanatory message, in accordance with regulation 20; or

with regulation 21.

20. Messages on package with hinged lid

(l) warning message and explanatory message may be printed on a retail package in

accordance with this regulation if and only if the package has a hinged lid formed by one

face of the package.

(2) retail package containing cigars bears a warning message and the corresponding

explanatory message in accordance with this sub regulation if:

(a) the warning message is printed on both the outside of the lid and the base of the

package; and

(b) each warning message occupies at least 25% of the area of the face on which it is

printed; and

(d) the explanatory message occupies at least 33% of the area of the inside surface of

the lid; and

(e) the warning message and the explanatory message are otherwise in accordance

with Division 1.

21. Messages on other packages of cigars

retail package containing cigars bears a warning message and the corresponding

explanatory message in accordance with this regulation if:

(a) the warning message is printed on the face of the package that is specified in

schedule 3 for a package of that kind; and

(b) the corresponding explanatory message is printed on the face of the package that

is opposite to the face on which the warning message is, under paragraph (a), to

be printed; and

out in the item of Schedule 4 that applies to that package; and

(d) the warning message and the explanatory message are otherwise in accordance

with Division 1.

Part V – TESTING AND REPORTING ON TAR, NICOTINE AND CARBON MONOXIDE CONTENT OF CIGARETTES

22. Reports on average tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide content of cigarettes

(1) ny person who imports cigarettes to Nauru shall, at least once in each calendar year,

submit to the Minister responsible for health a report which, in respect of each different

kind of cigarette product that person has imported to Nauru in the preceding year,

provides the following details:

(a) the average amounts of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide, respectively, produced

by a cigarette, when cigarettes of that kind are tested according to the testing

methods specified in regulation 23; or

(b) if, when cigarettes of that kind are tested according to the testing methods

specified in regulation 23;

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(i) the average amount of tar produced by a cigarette does not exceed 15

milligrams; and

(ii) the average amount of nicotine produced by a cigarette does not exceed

1.5 milligrams; and

(iii)the average amount of carbon monoxide produced by a cigarette does not

exceed 20 milligrams;

figures worked out by taking from the columns of Schedule 5 that relate

respectively to tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide the lowest figures that are

greater than or equal to the average amount of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide,

respectively, produced by a cigarette of that kind.

(2) person who imports cigarettes to Nauru shall be deemed to have fulfilled their

reporting obligation under subregulation (1) if each manufacturer of tobacco products

whose products the person imports submits to the Minister responsible for health a report

that complies with the requirements of subregulation (1) and regulation 23.

23. Testing methods

(1) The testing methods to be used for the purposes of sub regulation 22(1) to determine

the average amount of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide produced by a cigarette are the

following standard methods published by the International Standards Organisation;

(a) tar ISO 4387 (Determination of total and nicotine free dry particulate matter

using a routine analytical smoking machine); .

(b) nicotine ISO 10315 (Cigarettes determination of nicotine in smoke condensates

gas chromatographic method);

vapour phase of smoke (NDIR method)).

(2) The testing methods specified in subregulation (1) are to be used in accordance with

the following standards published by the International Standards Organisation:

(a) ISO 3308 (Routine analytical cigarette smoking machine definitions and standard

conditions);

(b) ISO 8243 (Cigarettes sampling);

testing).

24. Minister may request testing

The Minister responsible for health may at any time submit any kind of cigarette to

testing in accordance with the testing methods prescribed in regulation 23, and may send

samples of cigarettes to a place outside Nauru for the purpose of such testing.

25. Cigarettes that exceed prescribed limits of tar or nicotine

(1) If the results of tests reported to the Minister under regulation 22 or regulation 24

show that any of the tested products exceed the limits of tar or nicotine levels prescribed

under section 7 of the ct, cigarettes of that kind shall not be sold.

(2) person commits an offence under section 7 of the ct if he sells cigarettes that he

knows or can reasonably be expected to know exceed the prescribed limits of tar or

nicotine levels, notwithstanding that he has not yet submitted a report under regulation 22

or that the cigarettes have not been tested under regulation 24.

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SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 5

PROHIBITION OF THE SA E OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO MINORS SIGNS

IT IS ILLEGAL TO SELL OR SUPPLY A TOBACCO PRODUCT

TO A PERSON UNDER 18 YEARS

(Maximum penalty: $5,000)

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SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 8

WARNING MESSAGES AND EXP ANATORY MESSAGES

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Item Warning message Explanatory message

1 SMOKING C USES LUNG C NCER SMOKING C USES LUNG C NCER

Tobacco smoke contains many cancer causing

chemicals including tar. When you breathe the smoke

in, these chemicals can damage the lungs, and can

cause cancer. Lung cancer is the most common cancer

caused by smoking. Lung cancer can grow and spread

before it is noticed. It can kill rapidly.

2 SMOKING IS DDICTIVE SMOKING IS DDICTIVE

Nicotine, a drug in tobacco, makes smokers feel they

need to smoke. The more you smoke, the more your

body will depend on getting nicotine and you may find

yourself hooked. It may be difficult to give up smoking

once you are hooked on nicotine.

3 SMOKING KILLS SMOKING KILLS

Smoking is one of the greatest preventable causes of

death. Tobacco use kills more than five million people

world wide each year. In ustralia, tobacco smoking

causes more than four times the number of deaths

caused by car accidents.

4 SMOKING C USES HE RT DISE SE SMOKING C USES HE RT DISE SE

Tobacco smoking is a major cause of heart disease. It

can cause blockages in the body’s arteries. These

blockages can lead to chest pain and heart attacks. In

ustralia, heart attack is the most common cause of

death. Smokers run a far greater risk of having a heart

attack than people who don’t smoke.

5 SMOKING WHEN PREGN NT H RMS

YOUR B BY

SMOKING WHEN PREGN NT

H RMS YOUR B BY

Poisons in tobacco smoke reach your baby through the

bloodstream. If you smoke when you are pregnant, you

greatly increase the chance of having a baby with a low

birth weight. Smoking may lead to serious

complications which could harm your baby.

6 YOUR SMOKING C N H RM OTHERS YOUR SMOKING C N H RM OTHERS

Tobacco smoke causes cancer and poisons people.

People who breathe in your tobacco smoke can be

seriously harmed. Your smoking can increase the risk

of lung cancer and heart disease. Children who breathe

your smoke may suffer asthma attacks and chest

illnesses.

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SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 11

POSITIONS ON RETAI PACKAGES WHEREWARNING

MESSAGE IS TO BE PRINTED

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Item Type of retail package Face of the package on which warning message

is to be printed

1 Flip top pack That face that includes the front face of the flip top

2 Soft pack If the brand name is printed on only one of the

largest faces, or is printed on larger type on one of

those faces, that face; otherwise, either of the

largest faces

3 ny other retail package (except a pouch) all the

faces of which are rectangular or square

(a) If one of the largest faces of the package forms,

or forms part of, a lid – that face.

(b) In the case of a carton referred to in the

definition of ‘retail package’ in subregulation 7(1),

any of the largest faces of the carton.

of the package that is towards a person who holds

the package correctly for the purpose of removing

its contents.

4 Pouch That one of the largest faces of the folded package

that is not overlapped by the flap of the package.

5 Cylindrical package containing cigarettes or cigars That part of the curved surface of the package that

extends one twelfth of the circumference of the

package each side of the vertical centre line of the

brand name label on that surface (or, if that label

appears more than once on that surface, the larger

or largest or those labels).

6 Cylindrical package containing tobacco That one of the circular faces that forms, or forms

part of, the lid.

7 Package in the shape of a hexagonal or octagonal

prism, containing cigarettes or cigars

That one of the rectangular faces of the package

that bears the brand name label; or, if that label

appears on more than one of those faces, the face

on which the larger or largest of those labels

appears.

8 retail package:

(a) the shape of which is not described in items 1

to 7 (inclusive); and

(b) the total surface area of which is less than 145

square centimetres

The package must bear 2 warning messages,

printed as far apart as possible. The messages must

be printed on the face, or faces, of the package that

allow this result to be achieved.

9 retail package:

(a) the shape of which is not described in items 1

to 7 (inclusive); and

(b) the total surface area of which is at least 145

square centimetres

ny face of the package

T bacc C ntr l Regulati ns 2009

SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 21

AREAS TO BE OCCUPIED BYMESSAGES

ON CERTAIN PACKAGES OF CIGARS

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4

Item rea of front and back face

of package (cm2)

rea to be occupied by

warning message (cm2)

rea to be occupied by

explanatory message (cm2)

1 Less than 70 15 20

2 Not less than 70

but less than 90

20 27

3 Not less than 90 but less than 110

25 33

4 Not less than 110 but less than 130

30 40

5 Not less than 130

but less than 150

35 46

6 Not less than 150

but less than 170

40 53

7 Not less than 170

but less than 250

53 70

8 250 or greater 73 96

T bacc C ntr l Regulati ns 2009

SCHEDULE 5

Regulation 22

FIGURES FOR DESCRIBING AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF TAR, NICOTINE AND

CARBON MONOXIDE

Tar

(milligrams)

Nicotine

(milligrams)

Carbon monoxide

(milligrams)

1 0.2 2

2 0.3 3

4 0.4 5

8 0.8 10

12 1.2 15

16 1.5 20

Reglamento de Control del Tabaco de 2009, Nauru

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