SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS
- CHAPTER 371A

SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS - LONG TITLE  
Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997



(Cap 371 section 18(1))

[13 August 1982]

(L.N. 311 of 1982)



SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 1
Citation VerDate:30/06/1997



These regulations may be cited as the Smoking (Public Health) Regulations.



SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2
(Repealed 21 of 2006 s. 25) VerDate:27/10/2006







SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3
Determination by the Government Chemist VerDate:27/10/2006



Where-

        (a)	the Government Chemist has published a determination ("relevant 
determination") of the tar and nicotine yields of any brand of cigarettes 
under section 16 of the Ordinance; and

        (b)	(subject to any variation allowance published by the Government 
Chemist in relation to the relevant determination) the result of the 
relevant determination is different from the result of the determination 
of the tar and nicotine yields of the brand of cigarettes as previously 
determined by the Government Chemist, or by the proprietor of the brand 
under regulation 4,
then-

        (i)	the proprietor of the brand shall change the tar and nicotine 
yields shown on cigarette packets and in tobacco advertisements according 
to the relevant determination;  (21 of 2006 s. 26)

        (ii)	cigarette packets and retail containers may be sold, offered 
for sale or possessed for the purposes of sale, bearing the previous tar 
and nicotine yields for a period of 6 months.  (21 of 2006 s. 26)

        (iii)	(Repealed 21 of 2006 s. 26)
(L.N. 13 of 1998)



SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4
Determination by the proprietor of the brand VerDate:27/10/2006



Where-

        (a)	there has been no determination for a brand of cigarettes 
published under section 16 of the Ordinance; or

        (b)	the manufacturer of the cigarettes has altered the tar and 
nicotine yields of any cigarettes and thereby rendered the previous 
determination incorrect,
the tar and nicotine yields of the brand of cigarettes shall be determined 
by the proprietor of the brand, or his agent, having regard to his own 
reasonable estimation of the tar and nicotine yields of the cigarette.
(L.N. 13 of 1998; 21 of 2006 s. 27)



SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 5
(Repealed 21 of 2006 s. 28) VerDate:27/10/2006







SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 6
Notification of retail sales VerDate:27/10/2006




(1)	Upon any cigarettes being first offered for sale by retail and 
bearing on their packets or retail containers the tar and nicotine yields 
as determined under regulation 4, the person responsible for the wholesale 
distribution thereof shall, within 2 days following such first offer, 
notify the Director of Health of such offer.

(2)	Any person who fails to notify the Director of Health as 
required by paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary 
conviction therefor to a fine of $2000.
(L.N. 76 of 1989; L.N. 13 of 1998; 21 of 2006 s. 29)



SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 6A
(Repealed 21 of 2006 s. 30) VerDate:27/10/2006







SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 6B
(Repealed 21 of 2006 s. 31) VerDate:27/10/2006







SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7
Exemption of certain advertisements from Part IV of the Ordinance VerDate:27/10/2006



There shall be exempted from the provisions of Part IV of the Ordinance 
tobacco advertisements in printed publications to which section 11 of the 
Ordinance applies where such advertisements-

        (a)	are in a publication printed before 31 December 1999.  (21 of 
2006 s. 32)

        (b)	(Repealed 21 of 2006 s. 32)
(L.N. 13 of 1998)



SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 8
(Repealed L.N. 13 of 1998) VerDate:16/07/1999







SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE  
SCHEDULE (Repealed 21 of 2006 s. 33) VerDate:27/10/2006