QCVN 16-1:2015/BYT: What are the regulations on the maximum nicotine content in cigarettes in Vietnam? What are the regulations on health warnings on cigarette packages?
QCVN 16-1:2015/BYT: What are the regulations on the maximum nicotine content in cigarettes in Vietnam?
Based on subsection 1, Section II, National Technical Regulation QCVN 16-1:2015/BYT for cigarettes, the maximum content of tar, nicotine in cigarettes is prescribed as follows:
II. TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
1. Maximum content of tar (Tar) and Nicotine in cigarettes
The maximum content of Tar and Nicotine in the smoke of one (01) cigarette is specified as follows:
- Tar content: 16.0 (mg/smoke of 1 cigarette);
- Nicotine content: 1.4 (mg/smoke of 1 cigarette).
Thus, the maximum nicotine content in cigarettes is 1.4 (mg/smoke of 1 cigarette).
In addition, the maximum Tar content in the smoke of one (01) cigarette is 16.0 (mg/smoke of 1 cigarette).
In addition, National Technical Regulation QCVN 16-1:2015/BYT stipulates that organizations and individuals importing, producing and trading cigarettes in Vietnam must fully declare the names of additives and raw materials in the process of producing and processing cigarettes for competent state management agencies.
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What are the regulations on health warnings on cigarette packages in Vietnam?
In QCVN 16-1:2015/BYT, it is mentioned that labeling and printing health warnings on cigarette packages must comply with the provisions of Joint Circular 05/2013/TTLT-BYT-BCT of the Ministry of Health - Ministry of Industry and Trade on Guidance on labeling and printing health warnings on cigarette packages.
According to Article 4 of Joint Circular 05/2013/TTLT-BYT-BCT regulating requirements for health warnings on cigarette packages as follows
- Form of health warnings:
Tobacco produced, imported for consumption in Vietnam must be printed health warnings on packages in accordance with provisions in Annex promulgated together with this Joint Circular. Health warnings must be assured to be printed visibly.
- Position for printing Health warnings:
+ Health warnings must be printed on main face in front of and behind of tobacco packages and must assured not to be hidden or obscured by any materials, picture or other information, except for sticking tobacco stamp as prescribed by law.
If tobacco has many packages, the health warnings must be printed on all packages as prescribed by this Joint Circular.
In case tobacco package is used bag to enclose outside, the bag must be transparent, colorless and not hide the health warnings, except case when the bag is printed logo preventing counterfeits or fake goods of enterprise which has been registered and protected intellectual property in Vietnam before the issuance day of this Joint Circular.
+ Health warnings must be printed to be parallel and near to the over fringe of tobacco package.
- Area for printing Health warnings:
Area for printing Health warnings must be covered at least 50% area of each main face in front of and behind of tobacco package.
- Color of Health warnings:
Health warnings must be printed with 4 basic colors or more, definition upon printing not allowed being lower than 300DPI (dot per inch).
- Alternate use of forms for health warnings:
+ Each kind of tobacco product of a tobacco trademark must be printed on tobacco package with one of 06 forms for health warnings specified in Annex promulgated together with this Joint Circular. Kinds of tobacco product of a tobacco trademark of various tobacco trademarks of a producer must be printed with various forms for health warnings. If a tobacco trademark has more than 06 kinds of products, a producer had more than 06 tobacco trademarks, it is required to simultaneously print sufficient 06 forms for health warnings.
+ Forms for health warning of each kind of tobacco product must be changed periodically 02 year once.
What are the requirements on labeling on tobacco packages in Vietnam?
According to Article 3 of Joint Circular 05/2013/TTLT-BYT-BCT regulating requirements on labeling on tobacco packages as follows
- The labeling on tobacco packages must be complied with Law on tobacco harm prevention, provisions of law on labeling of goods and this Joint Circular.
- Label of tobacco must show the following content:
+ Name of goods;
+ Name and address of organizations, individuals responsible for goods;
+ Origin of goods (for import tobacco);
+ Quantity of goods;
+ Health warnings;
+ Stuck with stamp or printed code number, barcode.
+ Day of production; day of expiration.
- The tobacco label must be written in Vietnamese, prohibited to use forms or words causing consumers to be misunderstood on nature, influence of tobacco for health such as: Low tar, light, ultra light, mild or other words, phrases meaning or with a way to similarly understand which causing consumers to understand that this tobacco product has fewer influence than other, unless those words, phrases are a part of tobacco label which has been registered and protected on intellectual property in Vietnam before the effective day of Law on tobacco harm prevention
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