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(1) A person shall not package, label or offer for sale a product that looks like or is likely to be identified or associated with tobacco or a tobacco product.

(2) A person shall not package and label a tobacco product in a manner that seeks to promote the tobacco product in a false, misleading or deceptive way or is likely to create an erroneous impression about its characteristics, health effect, hazard or emissions.

(3) The packaging and labelling of tobacco and tobacco products includes the use of a term, description, trademark, figurative or any other expression that directly or indirectly creates the impression that a particular tobacco product is less harmful than another tobacco product.

(4) A term includes the use of the expression “light”, “ultra-light”,

“mild” and “low tar” and any other expression which creates the impression that the product is less harmful or has beneficial effects.

(5) A unit packet or package of tobacco products for retail or wholesale in the country shall carry the statement “for sale in Ghana only” and also state the country of origin.