Uzbekistan

“Tobacco product” means a product prepared in whole or in part from the tobacco leaf and (or) the other parts of the tobacco plant as raw material, prepared so that it is used for smoking, including with the use of devices for the consumption of tobacco and nicotine, as well as sucking chewing, snuffing or other modes of consumption (excluding medicines registered in accordance with the law).

Tobacco products include:

-products which contain tobacco leaves and (or) the other part of the tobacco plant as raw material. Such products may be smoking products (cardboard mouthpiece cigarettes, cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, products with heated tobacco, tobacco for a hookah, fine cut smoking tobacco, pipe tobacco) and non-smoking products (naswar, tobacco snus, snuffing tobacco, chewing tobacco);

-products which contain nicotine or its derivatives, including nicotine salts, solutions, nicotine liquids or gels with nicotine content, but which do not contain tobacco leaves and (or) the other parts of the tobacco plant. Such products may be smoking products (nicotine liquids for electronic systems of nicotine delivery, electronic cigarettes with nicotine liquid, a nicotine-containing blend for the hookah) and non-smoking products (nicotine-containing snus); and

-products which do not contain tobacco and nicotine, but are intended for consumption with devices for the consumption of tobacco and nicotine (non-nicotine containing liquids for electronic nicotine delivery systems, electronic cigarettes with non-nicotine containing liquid, nicotine-free blends for the hookah).

The definition of "tobacco product" contained in the law aligns with the definition of “tobacco product” provided in FCTC Art. 1(f) and is more inclusive than the FCTC definition in that it also covers other types of products, such as e-cigarettes and non-tobacco containing products.

“Consumer package (pack) of tobacco products and devices for the consumption of tobacco and nicotine” means a package intended for the direct placement and sale to the end consumer of tobacco products and (or) devices for the consumption of tobacco and nicotine, ensuring the preservation of their consumer properties over the course of the warranty period as long as the conditions of transport and storage established by the manufacturer are maintained.

The definition of "consumer package of tobacco products" aligns with the definition of “outside packaging and labeling provided in FCTC Art. 11 in that it covers all packaging intended for retail sale.

“Unit of tobacco products” means a unit of group consumer packaging containing a specific number of consumer packages (packs) of tobacco products.

The definition of “unit of tobacco products” is significant because warnings are required on “unit of tobacco products” as well as “consumer package of tobacco products”.