# The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015, Regulation 4: Material, shape, opening and contents of unit packet of cigarettes


(1) No person may produce or supply any cigarettes in breach of any of the provisions of this regulation.
(2) A unit packet of cigarettes must be made of carton or soft material.
(3) A unit packet of cigarettes must be cuboid in shape, although any such cuboid may have bevelled or rounded edges.
(4) A unit packet of cigarettes may contain an opening that can be re-closed or re-sealed after it is first opened but only if that opening is a flip top lid or a shoulder box hinged lid.
(5) A flip-top lid may be hinged only at the back of the packet.
(6) A shoulder box hinged lid may be hinged only along one of the two smallest sides of the packet.
(7) The sides of a unit packet of cigarettes which is a shoulder box with a hinged lid must have a height (measured between the front and back surfaces of the packet) of at least 16 millimetres.
(8) A unit packet of cigarettes must contain a minimum of 20 cigarettes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/829/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-regulations-2015/regulation-4
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