New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) ACT 2008 - SECT 8

8 Prohibited words

(1) A person must not--

(a) pack a tobacco product into a package in which the product is to be sold, or

(b) sell a tobacco product in a package,

if the package is marked with, or accompanied by, any material that contains any prohibited words.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) for a corporation--7,000 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual--1,400 penalty units.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the prohibited words are--

(a) "non-injurious", "non-hazardous", "harmless to man" and "harmless to woman", and

(b) words of similar import to those specified in paragraph (a), and

(c) words that directly or by implication contradict, qualify or modify a health warning that is marked, or required to be marked, on the package.