The list of health warnings on these products will be expanded. The following messages will be printed on the packaging of tobacco products: ‘Smoking causes mouth and throat cancer’, ‘Smoking can kill your unborn baby’, ‘Your smoke harms your children, family and friends’ and ‘Give up smoking – stay alive for your loved ones’.
The Government will also approve a set of images containing the health warnings, to be printed on individual packets and on any outer packaging of tobacco products for smoking.
The requirements applicable to related tobacco products will also be amended. Unit packets and outer packaging of e-cigarettes and refill bottles will have to contain a list of all ingredients, in descending order by weight, as well as information on flavourings, the nicotine content delivered per dose, the batch number and a warning not to leave the product within the reach of children.
Should scientific evidence demonstrate that a particular tobacco product contains additives which significantly or measurably increase its toxic effect or addictiveness, the Government will be able to ban its placing on the market.
The draft law also contains other provisions which further harmonise the legislation of the Republic of Moldova with European Union rules and contribute to the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken during the accession process.
The draft law will be examined by Parliament at second reading.
This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.
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