Hungary: picture warnings on packages of smoked tobacco products

Submitted by Francis Grogna on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 09:57
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16.01.2012

The Hungarian government has given final approval to requirements for picture warnings on packages of smoked tobacco products.  These requirements for at least cigarettes will come into force at the manufacturer level on September 1, 2012.  The picture warnings to be required are taken from the European Union image library.

   

Decree 291 of 2011 can be viewed in Hungarian here (the decree includes of images of picture warnings, along with accompanying text in Hungarian):

http://79.120.192.58/cgi_bin/njt_doc.exe?docid=140218.203947

 

The decree depicts 42 warnings in total.  It appears that there will be three sets of 14 warnings.

Hungary will be one of nine EU countries to require picture warnings, joining Belgium, France, Ireland,Latvia, Malta, Romania, Spain, and the United Kingdom.   There are at least 45 countries/jurisdictions worldwide requiring picture warnings for cigarette packages.

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