Last updated: August 18, 2020
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
National Tobacco Control Board
The law requires that all manufacturers, importers, and exporters submit to the National Tobacco Control Board a quarterly report which contains information on measures of prescribed constituents using prescribed testing methods. The law also gives authority to the Minister of Health to make orders and regulations regarding constituents required to be disclosed in reports to the Minister.
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
National Tobacco Control Board
The law requires that all manufacturers, importers, and exporters submit to the National Tobacco Control Board a quarterly report which contains information on measures of prescribed emissions using prescribed testing methods. The law also gives authority to the Minister of Health to make orders and regulations regarding emissions required to be disclosed in reports to the Minister.
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.
