Last updated: May 31, 2019

Disclosure Requirements

Disclosure by manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to government authorities of information on the contents and/or ingredients used in the manufacture of their cigarettes

Not Required
Analysis

There is no law governing the retail sale of tobacco products or retail tobacco product specifications. Therefore, the law does not require, nor does it grant any authority to require, disclosure of information on the contents or emissions of cigarettes by manufacturers and importers to the government authorities.

To align with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines, the law should require disclosure by manufacturers and importers to government authorities of information on the contents and/or ingredients used in the manufacture of their cigarettes.

Disclosure by manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to government authorities of information on the emissions of their cigarettes

Not Required
Analysis

There is no law governing the retail sale of tobacco products or retail tobacco product specifications. Therefore, the law does not require, nor does it grant any authority to require, disclosure of information on the contents or emissions of cigarettes by manufacturers and importers to the government authorities.

To align with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines, the law should require disclosure by manufacturers and importers to government authorities of information on the emissions of their cigarettes.

Disclosed information readily available to the public

Not Required
Analysis

There is no law governing the retail sale of tobacco products or retail tobacco product specifications. Therefore, the law does not require, nor does it grant any authority to require, disclosure of information on the contents or emissions of cigarettes by manufacturers and importers to the government authorities. Therefore, there is no information to make available to the public.

To align with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines, the law should require that disclosed information be made readily available to the public.