1984 Ed.]
VERSITY
OF
Smoking (Public Health) Regulations
[CAP. 371
SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS
LAW
IBRARY
1.
NG
BUNG
(Cap. 371, section 18(1))
[13 August 1982.]
These regulations may be cited as the Smoking (Public Health) Regulations.
2. (1) A cigarette containing the amount of tar specified in the first column hereunder shall, for the purposes of the Ordinance and these regulations, be deemed to fall into the tar group designated in the second column hereunder-
First column
Tar content in milligrams per cigarette
0
10
11
16
17
22
23
28
29 and over
Second column
Tar group designation
Low tar
Low to middle tar
Middle tar
Middle to high tar
High tar.
(2) In classifying a cigarette according to its tar content for the purposes of this regulation the tar content as determined by analysis shall be rounded off to the nearest milligram.
3. Subject to these regulations, where the Government Chemist has published a determination under section 16 of the Ordinance, the brand of cigarettes to which such determination relates shall be designated, in accordance with regulation 2, as belonging to the tar group indicated by the determination:
Provided that where such determination has the effect of varying the tar group designation of any brand of cigarettes as previously designated in conformity with these regulations-
(a) cigarette packets and retail containers may be sold, offered for sale or possessed for the purposes of sale, bearing the previous designation for a period of 12 months;
(b) a cigarette advertisement in a printed publication to which section 11 of the Ordinance applies may be printed bearing the previous designation for a period of
A 1
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 311/82.
(i) 2 weeks, in the case of an advertisement in a newspaper published at intervals of a week or less than a week;
or
L.N. 155/84.
(ii) 3 months, in the case of an advertisement in any other printed publication,
Citation.
Tar groups.
Determination by the Government Chemist.
after the publication of the determination of the Government Chemist.
1984 Ed.]
VERSITY
OF
Smoking (Public Health) Regulations
[CAP. 371
SATOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS
LAW
IBRARY
1.
NG
BUNG
(Cap. 371, section 18(1))
[13 August 1982.]
These regulations may be cited as the Smoking (Public
Health) Regulations.
2. (1) A cigarette containing the amount of tar specified in the first column hereunder shall, for the purposes of the Ordinance and these regulations, be deemed to fall into the tar group desig- nated in the second column hereunder-
First column
Tar content in milligrams
per cigarette
0
10
11
16
17
22
23
28
29 and over
Second column
Tar group designation
Low tar
Low to middle tar Middle tar
Middle to high tar High tar.
(2) In classifying a cigarette according to its tar content for the purposes of this regulation the tar content as determined by analysis shall be rounded off to the nearest milligram.
3. Subject to these regulations, where the Government Chemist has published a determination under section 16 of the Ordinance, the brand of cigarettes to which such determination relates shall be designated, in accordance with regulation 2, as belonging to the tar group indicated by the determination:
Provided that where such determination has the effect of varying the tar group designation of any brand of cigarettes as previously designated in conformity with these regulations-
(a) cigarette packets and retail containers may be sold, offered for sale or possessed for the purposes of sale, bearing the previous designation for a period of 12 months;
(b) a cigarette advertisement in a printed publication to which section II of the Ordinance applies may be printed bearing the previous designation for a period of
A 1
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 311/82.
(i) 2 weeks, in the case of an advertisement in a news- paper published at intervals of a week or less than a week;
or
L.N. 155/84. INTE
(ii) 3 months, in the case of an advertisement in any other printed publication,
Citation.
after the publication of the determination of the Government Chemist.
Tar groups.
Determination by the Government Chemist.
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