Cigarettes and Other Toabcco Products Packaging and Labelling Amendment Rules, 2014

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Section 10 and Section 3! of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 2003 (34 of 1003), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules 2008, namely:— L (1) These rules may be called the Ciprettes and other Tobacco Products (Packag'ng and Labelling) Amendment Rules, 2014. (2) They shall come into force with effect from the 1‘ day of April. 2015, It in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008.— (a) in rule 3. in sub-rule (1). — (i) for elem (a). the following elme mu be substituted, namely:— “(b) the specified health Warning shall cover at least eighty-five per cent. (35%) of the principal display area of the package of which sixty per cent. (60%) shall cover pictorial health warning and twenty-five per cent (25%) shall cover textual health warning and shall be positioned on the top edge of the package and in the same direction as the information on the principal display area: Provided that for conical package, the widest end of the package shall be considered as the top edge of the package: Provided further that on box, carton and pouch type of packay. the specified health wanting shall appear on both sides of the package, on the largest panels and for cylindrical and conical type of package, the specified health warning shall appear diametrically opposite to each other on two largest sides or faces of the package and the specified halth warning shall cover eighty-five per cent. (85%) of each side or face of the principal display area of the package of which sixty per cent. (60%) shall cover pictorial health warning and twenty-five per cent. (25%) shall cover textual health waming."; (ii) for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted. namely}. “(d) no messages, images or pictures that directly or indirectly promote the use or consumption of a Specific tobacco brand or tobacco usage in general or any matter or statement which is inconsistent with, or detracts from, the specified health warning are inscribed on the tobacco product package": [mu-ms 30)] mailman :emurm (iii) for clause (0. the following clause shall be substituted. namely: — “(i) the textual health warning shall be inscribed in the language used on the package: Provided that where the language used on a package or on its label is- r (a) English. the health wanting shall be expressed in English; (h) English and Indian languages, the health warning shall be expressed in English and any one of the Indian languages in which the brand name appears; (c) Hindi and other Indian language. the health waming shall he expressed in Hindi and any one of the Indian language in which the brand name appears; (d) any Indian language. the health warning shall be expressed in such Indian language; (c) Indian languages. the health warning shall he expressed in any two Indian languages in which the brand name appears; (0 foreign language. the health wanting shall be expressed in English; ‘, (g) foreign and Indian languages, the health warning shall be expressed in English and any one of the Indian languages in which the brand name appears: Provided further that the textual health warning shall appear in not more than two languages used on the package: ad . Provided also that the textual health warning in one language shall be displayed on one side or face of principal I display area and the textual health warning in the other language shall be displayed on the other side or face of principal display area of the package“: (iv) alter clause (g), the following clause shall be inserted. namely: “(li) every package of cigarette or any other tobacco product shall contain the following particulars. namely:— (a) Name of the product; (b) Name and address of the manufacturer or importer or packer: (c) Origin of the product (for import); (d) Quantity of the product; (e) Date of manufacture; and r (l) Any other matter as may be required by the Central Government in accordance with the intemational ‘ practice“; (b) for mle 5, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:— (Q: “5. Rotation nl‘ specified health warning—(1) The specified health wamrng on tobacco product package shall a. ' be rotated every twenty-four months from the date of commencement of these rules or before the period of rotation as may be specified by the Central Government by notification. (2) During the rotation period, there shall be two images of specified health warning for both smoking and smokeless form of tobacco products and each of the images of the specified health wanting shall appear consecutively on the package with an interregnum period of twelve months, (3) At the end of the twelve month: period, the first image (image I) of specified health warning shall be replaced with the second image (image 2) of specified health warning. which shall appear for the next twelve months. (4) At the end of each twelve months of the rotation period. the Central Government may allow the distributors. retailers and importers of cigarettes and other tobacco products a grace period, not exceeding two months to clear the old stock of package of tobacco products bearing the warning specified for the expired period of twelve months of the rotation period. (5) The distributors. retailers and importers of cigarettes and other tobacco products shall not distribute or sell any package having the specified health warning of the expired period of twelve months after the grace period of two months": (c) In the Schedule; (i) for the paragaph I, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:— THE GAZETTE OF INDIA:EXTRAORD1NARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] “1. Components of tpeeitied health warning—The components for the specified health waming shall include the following, namely:— (i) Textual Health Warning—For smoking forms of tobacco products. the word “WARNING” shall appear in white font colour on a red backyound and the words “Smoking causes throat cancer" shall appear in white font colour on a black backyound. For smokeless forms of tobacco products. the word “WARNING shall appear in white font colour on a red background and the words “Tobacco causes mouth cancer” shall appear in white font colour on a black background The textual health wanting shall cover twenty-five pet cent. (25%) of the principal display area of the package, The intensity of color in the background of the textual health warning Y:0“/n K: 100%, The textual health warnings shall be printed with four colors with printing resolution of minimum 300 DPI (Dots per inch). The font type and colour of the health warning shall be exactly as in the sofl copy provided in the Compact Disk (CD) accompanying these rules or as uploaded on the web sites (ll) Pictorial Health Warning—A pictorial representation of the ill effects of tobacco use on health shill be placed above the textual health warning, covering sixty per cent (60%) of the principal display area of the package, it shall be printed with four colors with printing resolution of minimum EW'DPI (Dots per inch). The pictorial health warning should appear in the same colour and resolution exactly as in the sofl copy provided in the CD accompanying these rules or as uploaded on the web Sim MW and Wm"; (ii) for the parayaph 2. the following paragraph shall he submituted. namely:— “2. The specified health warnings shall be— (a) For packages containing smoking forms of tobacco products-Image (l), the specified health warning contained in these mics shall be valid for a period of twelve months following its commencement _ l WARNING Smoking causes throat cancer (h) For packages containing melting forms of tobacco products - Image (2), the specified health warning contained in these rules shall come into effect following the end of twelve months from the date of commencement of specified health warning of image (1). Iron e-2 , WARNING Smoking causes throat cancer (c) For packages containing smokeless forms of tobacco products —lrnage (l). the specified health warning contained in these rules shall be valid for a period ot'lwelve months following its commencementl image-l WARNING Tobacco causes mouth cancer (d) For packages containing smokeless forms of tobacco products—Image (Z), the specified health wanting contained in these mles shall come into effect following the end of twelve months from the date of commencement of specified health wanting of image (1). In: e-Z WARNING Tobacco causes mouth cancer Note. - These rules shall be accompanied by a (CD) that contains a soit copy of these specified health warnings. the soft copies of these specified health warning shall also be uploaded on the websites wwwtmnhfl n'cjn and wwwtntgptgbacmgm pain for inclusion in printing of tobacco product package."; (iii) for the paragraph 3. the following parayaph shall be substituted, namely:~ “3. Size of the specified health warning. — (l) The size of the specified health warning on each panel of the tobacco package shall not be less than 3.5 cm (width) x 4 cm (height). so as to ensure that the warning is legible. prominent and conspicuous. (2) The size of all components of the specified health warning shall be increased proportionally according to increase of the package size to ensure that the specified health warning covers eighty-five per cent (85%) of the principal display area of the package of which sixty per cent (60%) shall cover pictorial health warning and twenty-five per cent (25%) shall cover textual health warning"; (iv) for the paragoph 4, the following parayaph shall be substituted, namely:— “4. Language: Each health wanting shall be specified in English. Hindi and any other regional languages Appropriate language combination shall be selected from the combination provided in the (CD) to ensure that the language selected for health warning is in conformity with the language used on the package by the manufacturer or importer or packer.". ANSHU PRAKASH. JI. Secy. 10 THE GAZETTE 0F INDIAIEXTRAORDINARY [PARTII‘SECMD] Note: The Principal rules were published Vida number G.S.R. 132 (E), dated the 15th March. 2008 and suhsequemly amended vide number G.S.R, 693(E), dated the 29th September, 2008, vide number 3.0. 281403), dated the 28th November. 2008. vide number G.S.R. 305(E). dated the 3rd March. 2009, vide number G.S,R .176(E), dated the 51h March. 2010. vide number (15.11. 411(5). dated the 17d] May. 2010, vide number G.S.R 985(E). dated the 20m December, 2010, vide number (15.11 417(E). dated the 27th May. 2011, vide number G.S,R 570 (E), dated the 26th July. 2011 and vide number 6511. 724(E). dated the 27th September, 2012. 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