The Environmental Health Directorate within the Public Health Superintendence said that it is reminding retailers of tobacco products that regardless of previous information and news, monitoring of the local market has once more evidently showed that various amounts of tobacco products other than cigarettes not bearing the combined pictorial health warnings may still remain exposed for sale on and after the 27th October, 2011 as laid down in mentioned Regulations.

For this reason the Environmental Health Directorate warns all retailers that any non-compliance with the above-mentioned legislation will result in legal action being initiated. Retailers are advised that they should immediately refrain from accepting for further retail any tobacco products not in compliance with Legal Notice 302 of 2009 and should ascertain that all non-compliant stock is removed from sale by the 19th January, 2012.

In case of any further queries, the Environmental Health Directorate can be contacted on telephone numbers 21 337333 or 21 324093 between 8.00am and 3.00pm

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