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Prohibition on certain assertions in relation to tobacco products.
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42.—(1) Where the packaging of a tobacco product or any printed material attached to or accompanying a tobacco product or such packaging—
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(a) bears an assertion that—
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(i) smoking does not cause life threatening diseases,
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(ii) the smoking or consumption of one brand or class of tobacco product is less harmful than the smoking or consumption of others,
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(iii) the smoking of tobacco products is not addictive,
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(iv) filters attached to, additives to or other ingredients of a tobacco product render it less harmful than tobacco products that do not have a filter, or contain such additives or ingredients,
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(b) bear the words “low tar”, “light”, “ultra light”, “mild”, or such similar words or terms as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Minister in a manner that implies that the tobacco product or brand concerned is less harmful than other tobacco products or brands of tobacco product, as the case may be,
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the manufacturer, importer and distributor of the tobacco product concerned shall each be guilty of an offence.
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(2) It shall be an offence for a person to sell by retail a tobacco product where the package containing the product bears an assertion referred to in subsection (1)(a) or words referred to in subsection (1)(b).
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