Regulation 15 No flavoured cigarettes or hand rolling tobacco etc.

(1)

No person may produce or supply cigarettes or hand rolling tobacco with a characterising flavour.

(2)

No person may produce or supply cigarettes or hand rolling tobacco with—

(a)

a filter, paper, package, capsule or other component containing flavourings;

(b)

a filter, paper or capsule containing tobacco or nicotine; or

(c)

a technical feature allowing the consumer to modify the smell, taste, or smoke intensity of the product.

F1(3)

Regulations may—

(a)

specify whether a GB tobacco product has a characterising flavour;

(b)

set, in relation to GB tobacco products, maximum content levels for additives or a combination of additives that result in a characterising flavour.

Annotations

F1: Reg. 15(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, regs. 1, 6(13) (with reg. 9) (as amended by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(3)(15), 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)