The Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health is once again notifying all tobacco products retailers on their obligation to comply with the Regulations on the Use of Colour Photographs as Health Warnings on Tobacco Packages – L.N. 302 of 2009

The Directorate said that it is reminding all retailers, that it will proceed with legal action if tobacco products are found to be in breech of the combined pictorial health warnings following the expiration of the deadline on the19th January, 2012.

The Directorate said that it wishes to draw the attention of all tobacco traders that with respect to tobacco products other than cigarettes, the combined health warnings may be affixed as stickers, provided that such stickers are irremovable. It is again being clarified that affixing a sticker on a plastic covering that has to be removed in order to make use of the product is considered as not being irremovable. It is also to be reminded that the reproduction of the combined health warnings on the stickers shall be in accordance with the technical specifications for printing as per Schedule 1 to Legal Notice 302 of 2009.

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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