# The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, Regulation 7: General warnings and information messages on tobacco products for smoking


(1) No person may produce or supply a tobacco product for smoking unless it complies with this regulation.
(2) A unit pack and any container pack of a tobacco product for smoking must carry the following health warnings—
(a) a general warning consisting of the text: “Smoking kills – quit now”; and
(b) an information message consisting of the text: “Tobacco smoke contains over 70 substances known to cause cancer”.
(3) Each of the health warnings referred to in paragraph (2) must—
(a) cover 50% of the area of each surface on which it appears;
(b) be in black Helvetica bold type on a white background;
(c) be in a font size which ensures that the text occupies the greatest possible proportion of the surface area reserved for it;
(d) appear at the centre of that area;
(e) in the case of a cuboid shaped unit pack and any container pack, be oriented parallel to the longest edge of the surface on which it appears;
(f) comply with the conditions set out in regulation 11; and
(g) in the case of a unit pack of cigarettes or hand rolling tobacco, appear in the manner specified in regulation 8.
(4) This regulation does not apply to a unit pack or container pack to which regulation 9 (large cigars and individually wrapped cigars and cigarillos) applies.
(5) Regulations may amend the wording of the information message in paragraph (2)(b) to be carried by a unit pack or a container pack of a tobacco product for smoking which is a GB tobacco product, taking into account scientific and market developments.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/507/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016/regulation-7
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