With only a few weeks to go before new rules on cigarettes
and tobacco come into force, Coventry Trading Standards is reminding retailers
for the need to remove non-compliant stock from display.
The new rules will see the formal introduction of standardised
/ plain packaging and stop the sale of:
- Packs of 10 cigarettes
- Hand rolling tobacco in packs of
less than 30g
- Old style health warnings will be
obsolete and new larger health warnings that cover 65% of the packaging are
only permitted.
In addition:
- Flavoured cigarettes and hand
rolling tobacco other than menthol cigarettes will be phased out by May 2020
The change in the law also affects electronic cigarettes and
refills containing nicotine:
- The
maximum concentration of nicotine in a refill will be limited to 20mg/ml
- The
maximum refill size will be 10ml
- Warnings
and mandatory information will have to appear on packaging.
The new rules were introduced last year but manufacturers
and retailers have been allowed a year to sell existing stock so non-compliant
stock needs to be removed from displays and the shop retail area by 20
May 2017.
Detailed
guidance can be found at www.businesscompanion.info on tobacco labelling and a large
number of legislative requirements that affect retailers. This website is
operated by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute and the Department of
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Locally,
officers from Coventry Trading Standards will be visiting retailers from 20
May 2017 to ensure all stock that fails to comply with the new laws has been
removed.
If any resident sees non-compliant stock still on sale locally after this date, we would ask you to report it on 03454 04 05 06.
For
more information on scams, visit: www.coventry.gov.uk/scams
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