The Tobacco Products Labelling (Safety) Regulations 1991

Information as to tar and nicotine yields in cigarettes

6.  –

(1) Subject to the following provisions of these Regulations, a producer of cigarettes shall ensure that each packet of cigarettes which he produces provides information as to the tar and nicotine yields of the cigarettes contained in it by means of a statement of those yields determined in accordance with ISO 3400, ISO 4387 and ISO 8243.

(2) The statement–

(a) as to the tar yield shall be shown as a figure rounded to the nearest whole number and expressed in milligrams in the form “x mg tar”;

(b) as to the nicotine yield shall be shown as a figure rounded to one decimal place and expressed in milligrams in the form “y.z mg nicotine”.

(3) The statement of the yields shall–

(a) be printed in clearly legible print on a contrasting background along one side of the packet;

(b) cover an area amounting to at least 6 per cent. of that side of the packet such area to be defined by a right-angled polygon drawn closely round the periphery of the printed letters as shown in Figure 3 in Schedule 2.