Tobacco Products Information Regulations

Marginal note:Display

• 13 (1) Every manufacturer of a tobacco product contained in a carton or kit shall, in addition to the information otherwise displayed on each package, display on the carton or kit

  • (a) on the principal display surface, a health warning in accordance with subsections 5(1), (2), (3) and (7);

  • (b) on the two next largest sides, a health warning from those mentioned in paragraph (a) so that it occupies at least 50% of the surface of each of those sides; and

  • (c) on the remaining sides, except in the case of transparent cartons and transparent kits, either

    • (i) a health warning from those mentioned in paragraph (a) so that it occupies at least 50% of the surface of those sides; or

    • (ii) the following, in such a manner that the English and French texts are one under the other and together occupy at least 50% of those sides, in Helvetica type and in a pitch that results in it occupying not less than 60% and not more than 70% of the surface to be occupied:

      • (A) in the case of chewing tobacco and snuff, the mean amount of the toxic constituents, determined in accordance with section 10, and

      • (B) in any other case except bidis, the texts “Some of the toxic emissions: Tar, Nicotine, Carbon monoxide, Formaldehyde, Hydrogen cyanide, Benzene” and “Quelques-unes des émissions toxiques : goudron, nicotine, monoxyde de carbone, formaldéhyde, acide cyanhydrique, benzène”.

• Marginal note:Health information

  (2) Every manufacturer of cigarettes contained in soft packages that are packaged in cartons or kits shall insert in each of those cartons a leaflet that displays health information in the manner specified in section 7.