Executive Summary:
This notification, dated April 3, 2018, amends the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Packaging and Labelling Rules, 2008, under the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act, 2003. It introduces new provisions for specified health warnings on tobacco product packaging, including image rotations and textual warning specifications. The rules come into force on September 1, 2018.
Key Points / Main Content:
Health Warning Images:
* Two images of specified health warnings will appear consecutively on packaging during the rotation period, with a twelve-month interregnum.
* The second image (Image 2) will be implemented for all tobacco products manufactured or imported after twelve months from the commencement of the first image (Image 1).
* Subrule 4 has been omitted.
Textual Health Warning Specifications:
* For smoking and smokeless tobacco, "TOBACCO CAUSES CANCER" and "TOBACCO CAUSES PAINFUL DEATH" must appear in white font on a red background.
* "QUIT TODAY CALL 1800112356" must appear in white font on a black background.
* Background color intensity specifications are provided for white, red, and black.
* Health warnings must be printed with four colors at a minimum resolution of 300 DPI.
* The font type and color must match the specifications on www.mohfw.gov.in.
Image Validity:
* Image 1 is valid for twelve months from its commencement.
* Image 2 comes into effect after the initial twelve-month period of Image 1.
Impact Analysis:
Tobacco Manufacturers and Importers:
* Impact: Must comply with new packaging and labeling rules, including image rotation and updated textual health warnings.
* Action Required: Update packaging to include Image 1 beginning September 1, 2018, and implement Image 2 after twelve months. Ensure textual warnings meet specified color, font, and resolution requirements and align with the specifications on www.mohfw.gov.in.
Regulatory Bodies:
* Impact: Responsible for enforcing the updated packaging and labeling rules.
* Action Required: Monitor compliance with the new rules and take necessary actions against non-compliant products.
Consumers:
* Impact: Will see updated health warnings on tobacco product packaging.
* Action Required: Be aware of the new health warnings.
Key Entities Referenced
Vikas Sheel: The Joint Secretary who signed the notification.
Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution Act, 2003: A central act of India, also known as COTPA, that prohibits advertisement of, and regulates trade and commerce in, and production, supply and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Packaging and Labelling Rules, 2008: Rules pertaining to the packaging and labeling of cigarettes and other tobacco products, which are being amended by this notification.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The ministry responsible for health policy in India, which issued the notification.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued, New Delhi, Delhi.
Central Government: The governing authority that makes the rules further to amend the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Packaging and Labelling Rules, 2008.
G.S.R. 331E: The gazette notification number for the amendment.
Mayapuri, New Delhi: Location of Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Department of Health and Family Welfare)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 3rd April, 2018
G.S.R. 331(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 7, section 8, sub-section (2)
of section 9, section 10 and section 31 of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and
Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (34 of 2003), the Central
Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging
and Labelling) Rules, 2008, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Second
Amendment Rules, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of September, 2018.
2. In the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008,-4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
(a) in rule 5, -
(i) for sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-
“(2) During the rotation period, there shall be two images of specified health warning which shall appear consecutively
on the package with an interregnum period of twelve months.”;
(ii) in sub-rule (3), for proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-
“Provided that the date of coming into effect of the second image (image 2) of specified health warning, shall be for all
tobacco products manufactured or imported after the completion of twelve months from the date of commencement of
first image (image 1).”;
(iii) sub-rule (4) shall be omitted.
(b) in the Schedule,-
(i) in paragraph 1, for clause (i), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
‘(i) Textual Health Warning.- For smoking and smokeless forms of tobacco products, the word “TOBACCO CAUSES
CANCER” and the word “TOBACCO CAUSES PAINFUL DEATH” shall appear in white font colour on a red
background and the words “QUIT TODAY CALL 1800-11-2356” shall appear in white font colour on a black
background. The intensity of color in the background of the textual health warning shall be: White: C:0%, M:0%, Y:0%
K:0%, Red: C:0%, M:100%, Y:100% K: 0% and Black: C:0%, M:0%, Y:0% K: 100%. The textual health warnings shall
be printed with four colors with printing resolution of minimum 300 DPI (Dots per inch). The font type and colour of the
health warning shall be exactly as uploaded on the web site www.mohfw.gov.in’;
(ii) for paragraph 2, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-
“2. The specified health warnings shall be-
(a) Image-1, which shall be valid for a period of twelve months following its commencement.
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(b) Image-2, which shall come into effect following the end of twelve months from the date of commencement of
specified health warning of Image-1.
Image- 2
[No. P 16011/02/2017-TC]
VIKAS SHEEL, Jt. Secy.
Note. The Principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide
notification number G.S.R. 182 (E), dated the 15th March, 2008 and lastly amended vide notification number
G.S.R. 283 (E), dated the 26th March, 2018.
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