Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging and Labelling Regulations

Marginal note:Manner of display

• 31 (1) If a brand name is displayed on an exterior surface of a primary package or secondary package and a health warning is also displayed on that surface, the brand name must be oriented parallel to and in the same direction as the health warning and must be centered in the area of that surface that remains unoccupied by the health warning and any other information that is required or authorized by or under the Act, any other Act of Parliament or any Act of the legislature of a province.

• Marginal note:Other cases

  (2) If a brand name is displayed on an exterior surface of a primary package or secondary package, and no health warning is displayed on that surface, the brand name must be

  • (a) oriented parallel to and in the same direction as any other information that is displayed on that surface and centered in the remaining area of that surface; or

  • (b) centered on that surface, if no other information is displayed on it.

• Marginal note:Exception — cigar tube

  (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a cigar tube.