Last updated: March 22, 2024
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
Ministry of Health
The law requires manufacturers, importers, and distributers to register tobacco products that they manufacture, import, or distribute. As part of this registration, manufacturers, importers and distributors must submit laboratory analysis (by an approved lab) of their tobacco products to the Director General of Health. The analysis report must include contents and emissions.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines in that it requires 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
Ministry of Health
The law requires manufacturers, importers, and distributers to register tobacco products that they manufacture, import, or distribute. As part of this registration, manufacturers, importers and distributors must submit laboratory analysis (by an approved lab) of their tobacco products to the Director General of Health. The analysis report must include contents and emissions.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines in that it requires disclosure by manufacturers and importers to government authorities of information on the emissions of their cigarettes.
Disclosed information readily available to the public
The law does not require that disclosed information be made readily 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 on contents and emissions be made readily available to the public.
