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Prohibition on certain assertions in relation to tobacco products.
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13.—The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 42:
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“42.—(1) Where the packaging of a tobacco product or any printed material attached to or accompanying a tobacco product or such packaging bears an assertion that—
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(a) smoking does not cause life threatening diseases,
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(b) the smoking or consumption of one brand or class of tobacco product is less harmful than the smoking or consumption of others,
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(c) the smoking of tobacco products is not addictive,
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(d) filters attached to, or additives to or other ingredients of, a tobacco product render it less harmful than tobacco products that do not have filters attached, or do not contain such additives or ingredients,
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the manufacturer, importer and distributor of the tobacco product concerned shall each be guilty of an offence.
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(2) It shall be an offence for a person to sell by retail a tobacco product where the package containing the product bears an assertion referred to in subsection (1).”.
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