Last updated: September 17, 2019

Penalties

Violation
Enforcement Agency
Sanction(s)

Content regulation

Various state laws
Other

(e.g., seizure of the product, publication of the violation/violator)

Entities that can be held responsible

It depends on the State and Territory law.

Analysis

The laws of States and Territories govern content regulations. A full analysis of the penalties contained in all those sub-national laws is beyond the scope of this national legislation database and therefore fines in sub-national jurisdictions are not specified here.

Disclosure requirement

Not Applicable
None
Analysis

The law does not require disclosure by manufacturers or importers of information on the contents or emissions of their cigarettes; therefore, there are no specified penalties.

To align with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Guidelines, the law should require disclosure and impose sanctions for disclosure violations.