Single cigarette sales ban comes into force
02 Jun 2019, 9:00 AM
It is now illegal to sell single cigarettes throughout the country.
The sales ban, which came into force on Saturday, is the first action to come into effect under the January 2019 regulation on packet design and labelling of tobacco products. The remaining rules, including graphic warnings on packaging of tobacco products, will come into effect from August.
On 1 November, it will be illegal to sell tobacco products without graphic health warnings on packaging, completing the transition to the new rules, designed to discourage consumption of tobacco products.
Repeat offenders will be fined an additional US$322, US$645 and US$1,290 for second, third and fourth offences respectively.
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