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Article 11
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October 23, 2016
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Article - Reports
C251 - Packaging of tobacco products does not carry advertisement or promotion
C252 - Misleading descriptors
C253 - Health warnings required
C254 - Health warnings approved by the competent national authority
C255 - Rotated health warnings
C256 - Large, clear, visible and legible health warnings
C257 - Minimum requirements of warnings mandated by law
C258 - Health warnings occupying no less than 30%
C259 - Health warnings occupying 50% or more
C2510 - Health warnings in the form of pictures or pictograms
C2511 - Copyright to pictures owned by the Government
C2512 - Granting of license for the use of health warnings
C25131 - Constituent of tobacco products
C25132 - Emissions of tobacco products
C2514 - Warning required in the principal language(s) of the country
C2515 - Progress made in implementing Article 11
C2516 - Use of guidelines on Article 11
C2517 - Details on the use of implementation guidelines
C2518 - Additional information concerning packaging and labelling
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Tobacco industry tactics: packaging and labelling
African Graphic Health Warnings Database
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Guidelines for implementation of Article 11 (who.int)
Article - Updates
Canada: Health warning labels to be displayed on individual cigarettes
Oman: Tobacco products to be sold in plain packaging
Ukraine: New provisions banning the use of tobacco and nicotine products in public places entered into force
Ukraine: New provisions banning the use of tobacco and nicotine products in public places entered into force
Georgia: regulations on plain packaging adopted
Cabo Verde: strong Tobacco Control Law adopted
Cabo Verde: strong Tobacco Control Law adopted
New Zealand: New packaging regulations for vaping products
New Zealand: New packaging regulations for vaping products
Finland: strengthened regulation on packaging, flavours and outdoor smoking
Tunisia: new health warnings of 70% on front and back of packages of tobacco products
Ukraine: New tobacco control law adopted
Mexico: New pictures approved for the next round of warnings, including with reference to COVID-19
Kyrgyzstan: New, comprehensive tobacco control act adopted
Denmark: plain packaging legislation adopted
Trinidad and Tobago: New regulations on picture warnings approved by the Senate
Trinidad and Tobago: New regulations on picture warnings approved by the Senate
New marking on tobacco products filters containing plastic in the European Union
Italy/Milan: expanding smoke-free environments
The Netherlands: Implementation of plain packaging from 01/10/2020
A remarkable public health victory in Kazakhstan
Strengthened tobacco control in Bolivia: 100% smoke-free
Health Canada proposes stricter rules on vaping product promotion, and finalizes labelling and packaging requirements for vaping products
Santé Canada propose des règles plus strictes concernant la promotion des produits de vapotage et finalise les exigences en matière d’étiquetage et d’emballage des produits de vapotage
Thailand: the plain packaging legislation enters into force
Saudi Arabia adopts plain packaging on tobacco products
Republic of Moldova: amendments in the 2007 tobacco control act
Belgium, fifth European country to adopt plain packaging
Canada : New comprehensive plain packaging regulations for tobacco packaging and products
Singapore: new regulation on standardized cigarette packaging
Turkey: new regulations on plain packaging
Ethiopia: parliament passing one of the strongest tobacco control legislations in Africa
Pakistan: new pictorial health warning on cigarette packs
Niue: tobacco control law passed
Thailand: first country in Asia to adopt tobacco plain packaging
Republic of the Congo: three new decrees adopted to implement the 2012 act
Pakistan: expanding pictorial warnings on cigarette packets
Brazil: new round of pictorial warnings adopted
Benin: the Parliament adopts a new tobacco control law
India: experts gather to help curbing the menace of smokeless tobacco
Guyana: new Tobacco Control Bill passed
Hungary: plain packs on the shelves
Georgia makes a leap in WHO FCTC implementation by adopting new tobacco control legislation
Lao PDR: large pictorial health warnings introduced
Slovenia passes law to require plain tobacco packaging from 2020
Republic of Korea: pictorial health warnings required
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Court of Appeal rules in favour of standardised packaging
European Union – Revised EU Tobacco Products Directive approved by the European Parliament
Greater protection of public health in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Malta – Pictorial warnings mandatory on tobacco packaging
Thailand – Court decision paves the way to the resizing of graphic health warnings
“Having considered all the evidence, the Secretary of State and I believe that the policy is a proportionate and justified response to the considerable public health harm from smoking tobacco.”
“No one wants young people to use tobacco, and its time to stop the marketing of tobacco products to young people”
Hungary: Larger pictorial warnings and plain packaging required by the new Government Decree
Vanuatu: record size pictorial health warnings required
France: transposition into law of the European directive on tobacco and advent on plain packaging
GABON: five implementation decrees adopted by the Council of Ministers
Australia: Government releases plain packaging post-implementation review
Ukraine: continues to fight the tobacco industry by significantly increasing cigarette tax
Needs assessment conducted in the Kingdom of Tonga
Nepal: 90% pictorial health warnings implemented
European Union: specifications for health warnings on cigarette packages adopted today
Ukraine: the Healthcare Committee of the Parliament supports new tobacco package design
Uganda: New tobacco control law adopted
Norway: Workshop on legal issues relating to the implementation of plain / standardized tobacco packaging in Europe
Bangladesh: 50% picture warning requirements finalized
Sri Lanka: Health warnings now cover 80% of pack surfaces
Republic of Moldova: new comprehensive tobacco legislation adopted by the Parliament
World Health Assembly: Side event on strategies to overcome resistance against pictorial warning messages on tobacco products
Nigeria: Senate passes National Tobacco Control Bill
Cambodia: new law on tobacco control passed
Burkina Faso: pictorial warnings required on tobacco packs
France: plain packaging will be introduced in 2016
Namibia: regulations on pictorial warnings came into effect
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: standardised packaging regulations adopted
Ireland: legislation on plain packaging passed by the Seanad
Pakistan: the Minister for National Health Services announces 85% pictorial warnings
Chad: Pictorial warnings required on packaging from November 2015
Kenya : New year brings stronger tobacco control measures
Kyrgyzstan: New policies on taxation and pictorial warnings adopted
Sri Lanka: rotating pictorial warnings implemented
Brazil the new anti-smoking law took effect
India: 85% pictorial warnings required
FRANCE: Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Womens Rights announced strong measures, including plain packaging
Joint needs assessment in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
Philippines new act on graphic health warnings enters into force
FINLAND Action plan to make the country smoke-free by 2040