Tobacco Control Policy Fact Sheet
Lao PDR: Packaging & Labeling
Health Warnings/Messages Features
| Smoked Tobacco Products |
| Type of Warnings |
Pictures (Photos)
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Text Warnings/Messages
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| On front and back of packages |
Yes
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| % of principal display areas covered |
75%
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| Rotation required? |
Yes
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| Number of messages |
6 |
| Smokeless Tobacco Products |
| Type of Warnings |
Pictures (Photos)
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Text Warnings/Messages
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| % of principal display areas covered |
0%
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| Rotation required? |
No
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| Number of messages |
Uncertain |
Definitions of Key Terms - Alignment with the FCTC and its guidelines
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Aligns |
Does not align |
N/A |
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| Outside Packaging and Labeling |
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| Health Warnings |
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| Labels |
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Penalties
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Yes |
No |
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| Importer |
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| Wholesaler |
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| Retailer |
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| Other |
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Other Packaging and Labeling Requirements
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Required |
Some Restrictions |
Not Required |
Uncertain |
N/A |
| Warning requirements on unit packaging and labeling (e.g., packs) |
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| Warning/messages required on outside packaging and labeling (e.g., cartons) |
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| Warning texts must be in the principal language(s) of the country |
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| A requirement that warnings or messages may not be placed where they may be permanently damaged or concealed when opening the pack |
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| A requirement that tax stamps or other required markings may not be placed where they may conceal warnings or messages |
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| A requirement to display qualitative (descriptive) constituents and emissions messages |
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| Prohibition on the display of figures for emission yields (including tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide) |
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| Plain or standardized packaging |
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| Prohibition on misleading tobacco packaging & labeling including terms, descriptors, trademarks, figurative or other signs (logos, colors, images that directly create a false impression that a tobacco product is less harmful than other tobacco products) |
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Content of the Warnings/Messages
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Yes |
No |
| Health Impacts |
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| Advice on cessation (e.g., the benefits of cessation or steps to take to stop smoking) |
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| Addictive nature of tobacco |
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| Adverse economic and social outcomes |
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| Impact of tobacco use on friends and family |
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| Quitline phone number and/or website |
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Last updated:
February 11, 2024