Last updated: July 31, 2024
Other Packaging and Labeling Requirements
Warning requirements on unit packaging and labeling (e.g., packs)
Warnings are required on unit packets of both smoked and smokeless tobacco products.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to unit warnings on tobacco products.
Warning/messages required on outside packaging and labeling (e.g., cartons)
Warnings are required on outside packaging of both smoked and smokeless tobacco products.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to outside packaging warnings on tobacco products.
Warning texts must be in the principal language(s) of the country
The law requires the text warnings to be printed in Slovenian on both smoked and smokeless tobacco products.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to requiring warning text to be in the principal language of the country.
A requirement that warnings or messages may not be placed where they may be permanently damaged or concealed when opening the pack
The law requires that warnings be positioned in a manner that prevents them from being damaged by opening of the pack. This applies to both smoked and smokeless tobacco products.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines in this respect.
A requirement that tax stamps or other required markings may not be placed where they may conceal warnings or messages
The law requires that health warnings be displayed so that they are not "partially or totally obscured or interrupted by tax stamps, price marks, security features, wrappers, jackets, boxes or other items." The law also requires that health warnings in no way obscure or interrupt tax stamps or other required markings.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines in this respect.
A requirement to display qualitative (descriptive) constituents and emissions messages
The law requires that a qualitative statement about constituents and emissions on one side panel of packaging of smoked tobacco products. The statement must read: “Tobacco smoke contains over 70 substances known to cause cancer.”
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines in this respect.
Prohibition on the display of figures for emission yields (including tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide)
The law specifies that “labels shall not include any information about the nicotine, tar or carbon monoxide content of the tobacco product.”
The law therefore aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines in this respect.
Plain or standardized packaging
As of January 1, 2020, plain packaging of all cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco is required.
Cigarette packaging must be a standard shape, material, texture, and color (i.e., Pantone 448C). Only prescribed information may appear on product packaging, including brand and type name. The law further provides for the appearance of this information, requiring such items as standardized font, font sizes, colors, and placement. Roll-your-own tobacco product packaging is standardized as well.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to plain packaging.
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)
Although the law does not specify the restriction of any specific terms, it does prohibit any packaging or labeling that could create “an erroneous impression about its characteristics, health effects, risks or emissions.” In addition, Art. 17(1) states that unit packs, outside packaging and the tobacco product itself is not permitted to include any features or elements that create “an erroneous impression about its characteristics, health effects, risks or emissions” or suggests that a particular tobacco product “is less harmful than others” or “has other health or lifestyle benefits.”
The law therefore meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to misleading packaging and labeling.
