Source: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/country/south-africa/pl-other-reqs
Timestamp: 2020-02-17 09:32:29
Document Index: 125820651

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 11', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 11']

The 1995 Regulations Relating to the Labelling, Advertising, and Sale of Tobacco Products require warnings on the tobacco product “package.” Package, in turn, is defined as any “container, receptacle or wrapper in which tobacco products are sold, supplied or distributed at wholesale or at retail,” thereby ensuring that unit packaging contain warnings.
These provisions meet FCTC Art. 11.
The 1995 Regulations require warnings on the tobacco product “package.” Package, in turn, is defined as any “container, receptacle or wrapper in which tobacco products are sold, supplied or distributed at wholesale or at retail,” thereby ensuring that outside packaging, such as cartons, contain warnings.
Warning texts must appear in one of the principal languages of South Africa, and in the same language as the main language used on the package.
This legislative provision meets the FCTC Art. 11 requirements of warning texts appearing in the principal language of the country.
The 1995 Regulations provide that warnings and messages shall be placed in such a manner that they “cannot be destroyed or become unreadable when the package is opened in any normal way.”
The law and regulations do not specify where tax stamps shall be placed, nor specify that warnings and messages may not be placed where they may be concealed by tax stamps or other required markings.
To more closely align with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines, the law or regulations should specify that tax stamps or other required markings may not be placed where they may conceal warnings and messages.
One of the secondary warnings contains the statement: “Tobacco smoke contains many harmful chemicals such as carbon monoxide, cyanide, nicotine and tar, which can cause disease and death.” However, this is not required on every tobacco product package, but only as one of the eight secondary warnings.
To align with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines, the regulations should require qualitative disclosures on constituents and emissions on every tobacco product package.
There is no prohibition on the display of figurative yields. On the contrary, the regulations require display of tar and nicotine yields on the side panel warning.
To align with the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines, figures for emission yields should be prohibited.
The law prohibits the use of any misleading term, descriptor, trade mark, figurative, or other sign that directly or indirectly creates the impression that a particular tobacco product is less harmful than another tobacco product.
This provision meets FCTC Art. 11 with regard to misleading tobacco product packaging and labeling.