Executive Summary:
This notification announces amendments to the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Packaging and Labelling Rules, 2008, under the authority of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act, 2003. These amendments, referred to as the 2018 Rules, come into force on April 1, 2018. They address the continuation of existing health warnings on tobacco product packaging.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment Title:** Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Packaging and Labelling Amendment Rules, 2018.
* **Effective Date:** April 1, 2018.
* **Amendment to Rule 5:**
* If the Central Government does not amend the specified health warnings at the end of the rotation period, the existing warnings for the second twelve months will continue until August 31, 2018.
Impact Analysis:
**Tobacco Product Manufacturers/Packagers:**
* Impact: Must comply with the amended labelling rules, specifically regarding the continuation of existing health warnings if new ones are not issued.
* Action Required: Continue using existing specified health warnings for the second twelve months on packaging until August 31, 2018, if no new warnings are issued by the Central Government.
**Central Government (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare):**
* Impact: Responsible for issuing new specified health warnings or allowing the continuation of existing ones.
* Action Required: Amend or issue new specified health warnings at the end of the rotation period, else existing health warnings should be continued as per the amendment.
**Consumers:**
* Impact: Continued exposure to existing health warnings on tobacco packaging.
* Action Required: No direct action required.
Key Entities Referenced
Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution Act, 2003: An act of the Indian Parliament to prohibit advertisement and regulate 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 labelling of cigarettes and other tobacco products, which are being amended by this notification.
Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Packaging and Labelling Amendment Rules, 2018: The new rules that are amending the 2008 rules.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The Indian government ministry responsible for health policy in India.
Department of Health and Family Welfare: The department within the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare responsible for the subject matter of the notification.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued, New Delhi, Delhi.
Vikas Sheel: The Joint Secretary who signed the notification.
Gazette of India: The official journal of the government of India, in which this notification was published.
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Department of Health and Family Welfare)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th March, 2018
G.S.R. 283(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)
Amendment Rules, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2018.
2. In the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008, in rule 5, after
the proviso below sub-rule (3), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:-
“(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rules (1) to (3), if the specified health warnings
provided in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Schedule are not amended by the Central Government with new
specified health warnings at the end of the rotation period for the next rotation period, then the
existing specified health warnings for the second twelve months shall continue for a further period till
the 31st day of August, 2018.”
[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. 1016(E), dated the 16th August, 2017.
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