Australian Capital Territory Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

TOBACCO REGULATION 1991 (REPEALED) - REG 4

    (1)     If any tobacco products are sold at the point of sale, the notice must show 1 of the following health warnings:

        (a)     ‘Smoking can cause a slow and painful death.';

        (b)     ‘The secret to quitting smoking? Do it while you're alive.';

        (c)     ‘Smoking reduces your ability to get it up.';

        (d)     ‘Smoking kills.';

        (e)     ‘Smoking is addictive.'.

    (2)     If only herbal products are sold at the point of sale, the notice must show the following health warning:

‘When you smoke, you inhale tar and carbon monoxide.'.

    (3)     The following 2 notes must be shown on the notice beneath the health warning (under subsection (1) or (2)), in letters no more than half as high as the letters of the warning, in upper and lower case as indicated, with the 1st note on a single line and the 2nd note starting on a new line beneath the 1st note:

              •     ‘Government Health Warning'

              •     ‘For help in stopping smoking, ring the QUITline on 131 848'.

    (4)     If the warning mentioned in subsection (1) (c) is shown on the notice, the following text must be shown beneath the warning and above the 1st note mentioned in subsection (3), in letters smaller than those of the warning and larger than those of the note:

‘Men who smoke are twice as likely to become impotent.'.

    (5)     All text on the health warning notice must be shown—

        (a)     in black letters and sans serif type; and

        (b)     in a form that is reasonably readable from the customer service area of the point of sale.

    (6)     No other text, and no graphics, may be shown on the health warning notice.