Government Gazette

Vol. 414, No. 20687, 3 December 1999

Regulation Gazette, No.6689

No. R. 1451

GOVERNMENT NOTICE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

 

REGULATIONS RELATING TO POINT OF SALE ADVERTISEMENT OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS

The Minister of Health intends, in terms of Section 3(3) of the Tobacco Products Control Act, 1993 (Act No. 83 of 1993),as amended by the Tobacco Products Control Amendment Act, 1999 (Act No.12 of 1999) to hereby prescribe the conditions whereby a retailer of a tobacco product may post signs at the point of sale that indicate the availability of tobacco products and their price, as set out in the Schedule.

Interested persons are invited to submit any substantiated comments or make any representatives on the proposed regulations to the Director-General Health, Private Bag X828, Pretoria, 0001 (for the attention of the Director: Health Promotion), within three months of the date of publication if this notice.

SCHEDULE

A retailer of tobacco products may only indicate the sale of tobacco products and their price under the following conditions.

  1. Only one point of sale for tobacco products shall exist in any single retail outlet.
  2. The sign that indicate the availability of the tobacco products ad its price shall not be more than a meter away from the point of sale.
  3. All signs that indicate the sale of tobacco products must have on that sign the prescribed health messages and/or warning illustrating the injurious nature of tobacco products and emissions on health and shall be visible on both the inside and outside of the retail outlet.
  4. The size of the lettering used in the prescribed health and/or warnings as contemplated in subsection 3 of these regulations shall be the same size as the largest lettering or numbering used in the sign as contemplated in subsection 2 of the regulations.
  5. The prescribed health messages and/or warnings as contemplated in subsection 3 of these regulations shall appear as black on white only.
  6. The signs that indicated the sale of the tobacco products or its price at the point of sales shall consist of written words, numbers or brand names in black on white print only.
  7. Notwithstanding subsection 6 the signs that indicate the sale of the tobacco product or its price at the point of sale must not contain any pictorial representatives.
  8. Notwithstanding the prescribed health messages, the manufactures or retailer of tobacco products shall be absolved from other common law or statuary duties to fully warn consumers of the risks of tobacco products and their emissions.