Last updated: December 9, 2023
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
Manufacturers and importers must submit to the Minister of Health an annual report which contains information on constituents, additives, and of toxic constituents and additives in smoke, expressed in their individual concentrations and as a ratio to nicotine.
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
Manufacturers and importers must submit to the Minister of Health an annual report which contains information on constituents, additives, and of toxic constituents and additives in smoke, expressed in their individual concentrations and as a ratio to nicotine.
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
N/A
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.
