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93rd Official Gazette. 93/2007 dated 12/10/2007 Print 4603rd Law on the Restriction of the Use of Tobacco Products (official consolidated text) (ZOUTI-UPB3) 12483rd Page ________________________________________ At the 153rd Article of the Rules of the National Assembly, the Slovenian National Assembly meeting of 27 September 2007 confirmed officially consolidated text of the restriction of the use of tobacco products, which includes: - Law on the Restriction of the use of tobacco products - ZOUTI (Official Gazette RS, no. 57/96 of 19 10th 1996) - Law Amending the Law on the Restriction of the use of tobacco products - ZOUTI-A (Official Gazette RS, no. 119/02 of 30 12th 2002) - Law Amending the Law on the Restriction of the use of tobacco products - ZOUTI-B (Official Gazette RS, no. 101/05 of 11 11th 2005) and - Law Amending the Law on the Restriction of the use of tobacco products - ZOUTI-C (Official Gazette RS, no. 60/07 of 6 7th 2007). NO. 543-03/92-3/41 Ljubljana, 27 September 2007 EPA 1551-IV President National Assembly Republic of Slovenia France Cukjati, MD. between., L.R. A to Z O N The restriction of the use of tobacco products officially consolidated text (ZOUTI-UPB3) I. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1st Article This law is in accordance with Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 June 2001 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products (OJ L no. 194 of 18 7th 2001, p. 26). and Directive 2003/33/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 26 . May 2003 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of Member States relating to advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products (OJ No L No. 152 of 20 sixth 2003, pp. 16) sets out measures for limiting the use of tobacco products and measures to prevent their adverse effects on health . 2nd Article Specific terms used in this Act shall have the following meanings: 1st Tobacco products are products containing tobacco, which may be genetically modified, and are intended to be smoked, sniffed, sucked or chewed. 2nd Tar is a dry, raw condensate breznikotinski smoke in smoke. 3rd Nicotine alkaloids nicotine means. 4th Carbon monoxide is an integral part of the gas phase smoke and smoking are created by incomplete combustion of tobacco and other organic ingredients of tobacco products. 5th Tobacco for oral use of all tobacco products for oral use, except for smoking and chewing tobacco, partly or wholly made of tobacco powder or fragments, or any combination of dust and fragments that may be packaged in bags or in any other packaging or similar food product. 6th The ingredient is any substance or component that is used in the manufacture or preparation of a tobacco product, except for tobacco leaf and other natural or unprocessed tobacco plant parts and the finished product is still present, albeit in modified form, including paper, filter, inks and adhesives. 7th Advertising and promotion of tobacco and tobacco products has any direct or indirect commercial communication, recommendation or action with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a tobacco product or tobacco use. 8th Sponsoring an event, activity or individual has any direct or indirect form of contribution to any event, activity or individual with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a tobacco product or tobacco use. 9th Information society services means services within the meaning of the 35th point 3 Article of the Electronic Communications Act (Official Gazette RS, no. 43/04). 10th Smoking means that an enclosed space that is physically separated from other enclosed spaces and specially arranged exclusively for smoking. 3rd Article The public spaces of this Act are rooms dedicated to the activities in the field of health, childcare, education, social welfare, transport, public transport, shops, catering and tourism, sport and recreation and culture. Public spaces in the previous paragraph, in particular, the lobby, meeting rooms, cinemas, theaters, health, education protection, education, social welfare institutions, restaurants and shops, sports halls, public transport, lifts, cable cars, public toilets and other facilities, where non-smokers according to his will may be exposed to cigarette smoke. 4th Article Working space under this Act, every enclosed space, which is controlled by the employer and where he carried out works and services. 5th Article In order to achieve comprehensive social care to protect the population against the harmful effects of tobacco products for health care Council with the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, which has in this area in particular: - Monitor the impact of tobacco on the health of the population and propose appropriate measures that require inter-departmental dispute, - Propose measures to limit the use of tobacco products - Monitor the implementation of a comprehensive program of prevention of tobacco use and measures to prevent adverse effects - Performs other tasks related to the restriction of the use of tobacco products and avoid harmful consequences of tobacco use. The Ministry responsible for Health, in collaboration with relevant ministries, institutions, NGOs, experts and prepare a two-year programs, limiting the use of tobacco products and reduce the harmful effects of tobacco products (hereinafter referred to as software), including measures of 5.a hereof . Programs of the previous paragraph in the proposal of the Ministry of Health, adopted by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. Article 5.a The measures taken to prevent harmful effects of tobacco use are considered: - Monitoring the use of tobacco products and the extent of adverse effects of their use of health; - To inform, educate and raise public awareness and individual groups of the population about the harmful effects of tobacco use; - Coordination of activities to participate in smoking cessation programs and use of tobacco products; - Coordination, monitoring and evaluation of preventive programs for specific population groups; - Preparing and implementing programs to promote healthy lifestyles among different age and social groups of the population and their evaluation; - Providing technical advice and support institutions associations, NGOs, local communities and individuals in implementing prevention programs in limiting smoking. To implement this article in particular measures, authorized the Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, together with regional health care institutions, in accordance with this Article and the national health policy of the Republic of Slovenia directly perform tasks related to those measures. II. Permitted level of harmful substances 6th Article From 1 January 1997, prohibited the manufacture and sale of cigarettes containing more than 15 mg tar per cigarette. Since 1 1998, July banned the manufacture and sale of cigarettes containing more than 12 mg tar per cigarette. From 1 January 2004 for Slovenia and the EU Member States from 1 January 2007 for export to other countries banned the production and sale of cigarettes containing more than: - 10 mg of tar per cigarette; - 1 mg of nicotine per cigarette; - 10 mg carbon monoxide per cigarette. Minister for Health shall specify the conditions which must meet the health tobacco products. 7th Article Tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide in cigarettes is determined by a method that meets the following standards: - ISO 4387 for tar; - ISO 10315 for nicotine; - ISO 8454 for carbon monoxide. The accuracy of printed information on tar and nicotine in a single box or other packaging (hereinafter referred to as packaging) is determined by the method of ISO 8243rd III. MEASURES FOR REDUCTION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS 8th Article Prohibited the manufacture and sale of cigarettes that have printed on the packaging of data on how many milligrams of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide contained in each cigarette. Data from the previous paragraph must contain at least 10% of the surface side of the package. 9th Article Prohibited the manufacture and sale of tobacco products other than chewing tobacco and snuff for that do not have the packaging and the packaging used in retail sales of products (hereinafter referred to as the outer packaging), printed one of the following warnings: "Smoking kills. Giving up smoking: tel. No. xxxxxxxxx. " "Smoking seriously harms you and others around you are. Giving up smoking: tel. No. xxxxxxxxx. " Note from the preceding paragraph shall be printed on the front of the packaging and outer packaging, with the exception of additional transparent wrappers, used to sell product to retailers. Caution must be at least 30% outside of the front of the packaging and outer packaging, on which this warning is printed. Warnings from first paragraph must be rotated in such a way that each warning appears on the same quantity produced or sold tobacco products in the current year. Prohibited the manufacture and sale of tobacco products other than chewing tobacco and snuff for that in addition to warnings in the first paragraph of this article are not printed in one of the following warnings: 1st "Smokers die younger." 2nd "Smoking clogs the arteries and causes heart attack and stroke." 3rd "Smoking causes fatal lung cancer." 4th "Smoking when pregnant harms your baby." 5th "Protect your children from smoke inhalation." 6th "Your doctor or pharmacist can help you stop smoking." 7th "Smoking is highly addictive, do not start smoking." 8th "Stopping smoking reduces the risk of death from heart and lung diseases." 9th "Smoking can cause a slow and painful death." 10th "Find help in giving up smoking: talk to your doctor." 11th "Smoking may reduce blood flow and causes impotence." 12th "Smoking causes aging of the skin." 13th "Smoking can damage sperm and reduce fertility." 14th "Cigarette smoke contains benzene, nitrosamine, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide." Note from the preceding paragraph shall be printed on the back of the packaging and outer packaging, with the exception of additional transparent wrappers, used to sell product to retailers.