Last updated: December 5, 2023
Other Packaging and Labeling Requirements
Warning requirements on unit packaging and labeling (e.g., packs)
The law requires health warnings on all unit packaging and labeling.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 in this respect.
Warning/messages required on outside packaging and labeling (e.g., cartons)
The law requires health warnings on all outside packaging and labeling.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 in this respect.
Warning texts must be in the principal language(s) of the country
The law require that health warnings be written in Swedish.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 in this respect.
A requirement that warnings or messages may not be placed where they may be permanently damaged or concealed when opening the pack
The regulations specify that warnings shall “remain intact when a single packet is opened, except for packaging with a foldable lid, flip-top, where the warning may be broken when the packet is opened, but only in way that ensures the graphic integrity and visibility of text, picture and stop smoking info.”
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to not placing warnings where they may be permanently damaged or concealed when opening the package.
A requirement that tax stamps or other required markings may not be placed where they may conceal warnings or messages
The regulations specify that warnings must not be “completely or partially hidden or broken by the tax mark, price mark, security marking, cover, casing, box or other arrangement.”
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to not placing tax stamps or other required markings where they may conceal warnings or messages.
A requirement to display qualitative (descriptive) constituents and emissions messages
The regulations require the display of a qualitative (descriptive) constituents and emissions message on one side of packages of cigarettes, hookah tobacco, and rolling tobacco. The message states: "Tobacco smoke contains over 70 carcinogenic substances."
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to the display of qualitative constituent and emissions messages.
Prohibition on the display of figures for emission yields (including tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide)
The law prohibits the display of information on the content of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines in this respect.
Plain or standardized packaging
Plain packaging of tobacco products is not required in Sweden. The FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines provide that Parties should consider adopting plain packaging measures that restrict or prohibit the use of logos, colors, brand images, or other promotional information on packaging other than brand and product names displayed in a standard color and font style. Plain packaging aims to reduce the appeal of tobacco products, to increase the noticeability of health warnings, and to reduce the ability of the packaging of tobacco products to mislead consumers about the harmful effects of smoking.
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)
The law prohibits tobacco product packaging and labeling from suggesting that a particular tobacco product is less harmful than others.
The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to misleading tobacco product packaging and labeling.
