Description of draft amendments to Articles 2 and 13 of Regulations for the Tes ting of Yield s of Nic otine and Tar Contained in 
Tobacco Products and Labeling of Cigarette Containers  
On March 27, 2008 the Regulations for the Te sting of Yields of N icotine and Tar Contained in Tobacco Products and the Labeling of Cigarette 
Containers  (hereafter referred to as the Regulations ) were promulgated based on Order #0970700170 with 13 articles. After that, it w as amended  
twice.  
In light s of the fact that the pictorial health warnings have been used for four years since June 1, 2014 and their warning effects hav e 
worn off, amendments to Articles 2 and 13 are necessary. In addition, the World Health Organization guidelines for pictorial health warning 
implementation point out that the warnings should be constantly updated and renewed to maintain their effects. Amended  regulations take 
effect  as of June 1, 2020 . A Comparison of the Regulations Bill Amended Articles  
Revised Articles  Current Ar ticles  Explanations for the Amendment  
Article 13  
These Regulations shall take  effect on 11 
January 2009.  
The amendment to these Regulations shall 
take  effect on the date of promulgation.  The 
exception includes the  amendment  on 20 
August 2013, which shall take effect on 1 June 
2014, and the amendment in 2019, which 
shall take effect on 1 June 2020.  
 Article 13  
These Regulations shall take  effect on 11 
January 2009.  
The amendment to these Regulations shall  
take  effect on the date of promulgation.  
The amendment  on 20 August  2013 shall take 
effect  on 1 June 2014.  
 The government require s time to adapt to 
the amended regulation and to propagate 
new methods, and the tobacco industry 
requires time to produce packages with new 
pictorial warning. Therefore, the amended 
regulation is planned to take effect on 1 June 
2020.   
 A comparison o f the previous  and new pictorial  health warnings  
New versions  Current version  Explanations 
for the 
Amendment  
1-1: 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Smoking causes oral cancer  
1-2 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363 ) 
This necrosis was caused by tobacco consumption  
1-3 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Smoking causes emphysema and lung cancer  
1-4 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Smoking causes larynx cancer  and that  mutes you  
1-5 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Smoking damages your eyes and causes blindness  
1-6 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Smoking damages your gum and teeth  
1-7 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Smoking causes erectile dysfunction  
1-8 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Second hand smoking poisons your entire family  
 1-1: 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Smoking causes ageing of skin  
1-2 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363 ) 
Tobacco addiction traps your life  
1-3 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Smoking causes sexual dysfunction  
1-4 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Smoking and second hand smoking causes abnormality of baby or premature birth  
1-5 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
You can have more if you quit  smoking  
1-6 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Second hand smoking causes children pneumonia, otitis media, or cancer  
1-7 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Smoking affects oral hygiene  
1-8 
Smoker’s  Hotline: 0800636363  
Smoking causes you and your family paralyzing stroke and heart disease  The current 
pictorial 
health 
warnings 
have been 
used for 4 
years since 
June 1, 2014. 
Familiarity 
breeds 
contempt. In 
addition, 
World Health 
Organization 
made it clear 
in its 
guidelines 
for pictoral 
warning 
implementati
on that the 
images 
should be 
updated and 
renewed to 
maintain 
their effects. 
Thus new 
images are 
provided.  
   
 New versions  Current version  Explanations 
for the 
Amendment  
Set 1 (1.24:1)  
 
 Set 1 (1.24:1)  
  
Set 2 (1.42:1)
 
 Set 2 (1.42:1)
 
 
 Set 3 (1.47:1)  
 Set 3 (1.47:1)  
 
Set 4 (1.87:1)  
 Set 4 (1.87:1)