Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Regulations 2024
92Mandatory marking—trade description
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92 Mandatory marking—trade description
(1) The primary packaging and secondary packaging of a tobacco product must be marked with a trade description. Requirements for trade descriptions (2) The trade description must be printed: (a) in the typeface known as Lucida Sans; and (b) no larger than 3 mm in size; and (c) in normal weighted regular font; and (d) in the colour known as Pantone Cool Gray 2C. Wrappers (3) A trade description on a plastic or other wrapper that covers more than one item of primary packaging must be printed: (a) in white; and (b) on a black rectangular background. Cigarette packs or cigarette cartons (4) A trade description on a cigarette pack or cigarette carton must: (a) appear only on the side outer surface of the pack or carton on which a health warning is not displayed; and (b) appear only once on that surface. Retail packaging of other tobacco products (5) A trade description on the retail packaging of tobacco products other than a cigarette pack or cigarette carton must: (a) appear only on one outer surface of the packaging; and (b) appear only once on that surface.