MR GOULD SAID FURTHER
SMOKING CONSIDERED.
AND HEALTH
"WE
WILL
AND
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1992
MEASURES
BY PROPOSED
THE
COUNCIL ON
THE
LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL
WERE
NOW
BEING
BE CONSULTING
THE PUBLIC
AND
RELEVANT PARTIES
CONCERNED FOR THEIR VIEWS ON THESE IN DUE COURSE," HE ADDED.
THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF
THE
THE INTENDED GRACE PERIODS:
ANTI-SMOKING MEASURES
AND
EFFECT OF
THE SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1992
GRACE PERIOD
NOT APPLICABLE, ALREADY IN OPERATION
* PROHIBITION OF CIGARETTE
ADVERTISEMENT ON TELEVISION AND RADIO (SECTION 13)
* PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN
DESIGNATED PUBLIC AREAS (SECTION 3) AND IN ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORT CARRIERS (SECTION 4);
REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY "NO SMOKING" SIGNS IN PRESCRIBED MANNER (SECTION 5); AND
PROHIBITION ON CIGARETTE ADVERTISING IN CINEMAS (SECTION 13A)
* PROHIBITION OF SALE OF CIGARETTE
WITH A TAR CONTENT EXCEEDING 20 MG (SECTION 8A); AND
REVISED DEFINITION OF CIGARETTE ADVERTISING (SECTION 14)
FURTHER MEASURES
UNTIL 1.8.1992
UNTIL 1.2.1993
TO BE EFFECTED BY
GRACE PERIOD
* TAR-GROUP DESIGNATION
TO BE RESTRUCTURED
* THE EXISTING SINGLE GOVERNMENT HEALTH WARNING TO BE
REPLACED BY STRONGER AND MORE PRECISE
MESSAGES WHICH ARE
TO BE USED IN ROTATION
* "NO SMOKING" SIGNS TO
CARRY A STATEMENT OF MAXIMUM PENALTY
AMENDMENT TO SMOKING UNTIL 1.2.1993 (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS
NEW SMOKING
(PUBLIC HEALTH) (NOTICES) ORDER
NEW SMOKING
(PUBLIC HEALTH) (NOTICES) ORDER
UNTIL 1.2.1993
UNTIL 1.8.1992
/*HEALTH WARNING
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