Kazakhstan

COMMENTS: Law No. 508-II on Advertising (as amended) regulates advertising generally, including banning most forms of advertising and promotion of tobacco and nicotine products. 

The uploaded files include amendments through January 11, 2021. The English translation includes relevant excerpts only. The hyperlink provided refers to the most recent version of the law.

COMMENTS: In the English Translation, relevant portions of the document have been translated to English (and are highlighted in yellow). The remainder of the document is in Russian.

COMMENTS: Law No. 193-IV on the People's Health and the Healthcare System was repealed by Act No. 360-VI.

COMMENTS: Resolution No. 1366 on Approval of the Regulations on the Placement on a Pack of Tobacco Products, Tobacco Product Packaging of Information on the Composition, on the Content Level of Tars, Nicotine and Systemic Poisons, Carcinogenic and Mutagenic Substances and Warnings about the Danger of Smoking contain the current required informational and health warnings for tobacco products.

COMMENTS: The Code on Administrative Offenses provides for penalties for violations of tobacco control laws, including smoke-free and packaging and labeling. The uploaded file contains amendments through March 20, 2021.

COMMENTS: "Technical Regulations for Tobacco Products" 12 November 2014, No. 107 are issued by the European Economic Commission Council and regulate, among other things, smoked tobacco product packaging and labeling. They require parties to place pictorial health warnings on 50% of the front and back of tobacco packages, and a statement on constituents and emissions on 17% of the side of the package. The Technical Regulations do not need to be adopted through implementing legislation,and the final date for compliance with most of the provisions was November 15, 2017. The regulations apply to all members of the Eurasian Economic Union.

COMMENTS: Decision No. 53 provides transitional provisions for the implementation of the "Technical Regulations for Tobacco Products" of 12 November 2014, No. 107. The final date for implementation of most of the regulations was November 15, 2017.

COMMENTS: Ministry of Health and Social Development Order No. 442 of June 2, 2015 was repealed by Ministry of Health Order No. 163 of October 28, 2020.

COMMENTS: Decision No. 18 of the Eurasian Economic Commission implements paragraph 27 of the Technical Regulations for Tobacco Products and regulates the format and position of picture and text warnings, as well as the images to be used, on tobacco product packaging. The required warnings and images must appear on all tobacco product packages for retail sale by November 15, 2017.

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COMMENTS: Act No. 360-VI on People's Health and the Healthcare System includes provisions regulating tobacco and nicotine products, including tobacco consumption in public, advertising, promotion, and sponsorship, packaging and labeling, and sales restrictions. The uploaded files contain relevant excerpts only.

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COMMENTS: Ministry of Health Order No. 222/2020 approves pictorial health warning labels for packages of heated tobacco products and waterpipe tobacco.

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COMMENTS: Ministry of Health Order No. 277/2020 establishes the maximum allowable levels of nicotine and tar in various types of smoked tobacco products and e-cigarettes.

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COMMENTS: Law No. 74-VIII on Amendments and Additions to Various Acts on Health Issues includes several amendments relating to e-cigarettes. These amendments are scheduled to enter into force on June 20, 2024. An updated legal analysis is forthcoming.

Note: The English translation contains relevant excerpts only.