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Delhi Declaration II : MEASURES TO REDUCE THE USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
 
Article 8:
The manufacturing and marketing of cigarettes which do not carry, on the most visible surface of cigarette packets or other packaging, a clearly printed indication of the tar and nicotine yields per cigarette shall be prohibited.
The indications referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be printed in a bold colour on a contrasting background in letters not less than 2 mm high, and the print must be not less than 0.3 mm wide. The warnings under Article 9 must be printed in a bold colour on a contrasting background in letters not less than 5 mm high, and the print must be not less than 0.4 mm wide.
Article 9:
The manufacturing and marketing of tobacco products in packaging not carrying the following warning "Tobacco seriously damages health" shall be prohibited.
It shall be prohibited to manufacture and market tobacco products in packaging which does not carry, in addition to the general warning referred to in the preceding paragraph, one of the following warnings as well:
Smoking kills
Smoking causes lung cancer
Chewing causes oral cancer
Smoking when pregnant harms your baby
Smoking is the most frequent cause of death by heart disease
Smokers die young
The warning referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article must be printed on the front or the back of the packets, and the warning referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article may be printed on the side of the packers. The warnings must be printed in capital letters in a colour on a contrasting background. They shall cover at least 8% of the corresponding surface of the side of the packet, they shall be affixed so that they cannot be removed, and they shall not be printed in a place where they may be damaged when the package is opened.
Article 10:
Any advertising which has the direct or indirect effect of promoting tobacco and tobacco products shall be prohibited, including the sponsorship of sports, cultural and other public number of provisions explicitly stated in Articles 11 and 12 of this Declaration.
The indirect advertising of tobacco and tobacco products referred to in the preceding paragraph shall include the presentation of logotypes and any other distinctive features associated with tobacco or tobacco products on items other than those defined as tobacco products under this declaration
The advertising of any products which are not tobacco products by their nature but by their appearance and purpose of use directly encourage the consumption of tobacco and tobacco products shall be prohibited.
The publication of data on the quality and other characteristics of tobacco and tobacco products in professional books and journals or publications intended to offer information to manufacturers and traders of these products shall not be considered to be advertising according to the provisions of this declaration.
Article 11:
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, the advertising of tobacco and tobacco products shall be allowed in the form and image of protected trademarks or logotypes:
  • on items used for smoking;
  • on and in business premises of commercial enterprises concerned with the manufacture, distribution and sale of wholesale tobacco products.
  • on signboards of shops selling tobacco products and inside such shops.
Advertisements may occupy a surface area of not more than seven square metres.
Article 12:
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 10 of this declaration, manufacturers and wholesalers of tobacco products may inform consumers of new tobacco products in one-off public media campaigns.
New tobacco products shall be all those tobacco products whose tar and nicotine yields have been reduced by 10% or more in comparison to similar types of products on the market which already have the lowest nicotine and tar yields.
Article 13:
The consumer information campaigns referred to in the preceding Article may last continuously for a maximum of 15 days, whereby the day on which the first public communication/announcement to consumers operated shall be considered to be the beginning of the campaign. Communications of consumer information campaigns shall meet the following requirements.
  • They shall not contain any elements aimed at young people or which would in any way encourage the use of tobacco products;
  • They shall not be broadcast on radio or television, or published in periodicals;
  • They shall not appear on advertising hoarding notice boards, stickers or neon signs which are situated less than 300 metres from school or nursery schools or inside sports facilities;
  • They shall not present young people or people who are worshipped as idols by the young because of their work or achievements in sports, music, arts, economy or policy;
  • They shall not present any casual links between the use of tobacco products and success in life;
  • They shall not be broadcast in young person’s cinemas and in other cinemas they shall be broadcast only after 8 PM whereby the communication may last for a maximum of 20 seconds.
All written or printed communications/announcements in information campaigns shall contain the indication under Article 8 and the warning under Article 9 of this declaration, which shall cover at least 25% of the surface area of the communication.
At the end of the communication appearing on a screen in a cinema, the warning under Article 9 of this declaration shall appear within at least 10 seconds.
A notice on the harmful effect of tobacco shall be printed on the lower central part of a poster so as to cover half of the left and half of the right quarter of the poster. The letters of the warning must be readable from a distance of 10 metres.
Article 14:
The sale of tobacco products to persons under the age of 15 shall be prohibited.

The sale of tobacco products from automatic vending machines shall be prohibited.

The sale of single cigarettes or other tobacco products, which are not in the manufacturer’s original packaging, shall be prohibited.
Article 15:
Smoking in places open to the public shall be prohibited, except in those areas, which are clearly marked as reserved for smokers and are separated from areas reserved for non-smokers.
Areas defined as reserved for smokers may not exceed 50% of the total surface area of any individual premises open to the public, and their proprietors, managers or renters must ensure this not later than six months after the entry into force of this Declaration
Proprietors, managers or renters of any premises open to the public must mark the ban on smoking and the smoke-free areas in a visible place.
Article 16:
In hospitality facilities where guests order food (restaurants, inns, coffee shops, snack bars and bars) an area reserved for smokers must be provided.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 15 of this Declaration, the proprietor, renter or user of the building shall be determine the size of the area reserved for smokers. The area must be clearly marked as an area reserved for smokers and shall be separated from the smoke-free area.
Smoking in ice-cream shops and milk bars shall be prohibited.
Article 17:
In work premises, smoking shall be permitted only in areas provided by the employer, which must be physically separated from other work areas.
Smoking in the premises of Government bodies, which are intended for contact with clients, shall be prohibited.
Article 18:
All employees shall have the right to demand from their employer that he/she enable them to perform their jobs in a smoke-free area.
If the employer, in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, cannot meet the employee’s requirement and transfer him/her to different work premises, he shall be obliged to prohibit smoking in the employee’s current workplace.