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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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