Last updated: March 9, 2020
Key Terms
Tobacco Product
“Tobacco and tobacco product” means any raw material or any material prepared from the whole or part of the tobacco plant (Nicotania tabecum) or (Nictoinia rustica) leaf or stalk of the same, to be smoked, sniffed, sucked or chewed.
The definition of “tobacco and tobacco product” in the law aligns with the definition provided in FCTC Art. 1.
Any product entirely or partly made of the leaf tobacco as a raw material which is manufactured to be used for smoking, sucking, chewing, or snuffing. (FCTC Art. 1(f))
Outside Packaging and Labeling
“Package” means a packet, bottle, card, wrapper, box, carton, tin or any other similar material into which a tobacco product is collected and inserted and which packs the same.
The definition of “package” contained in the law aligns with the definition of “outside packaging and labeling” contained in FCTC Art. 11.
Any packaging and labeling used in the retail sale of the product. (FCTC Art. 11(4))
