Summary:  Thailand implemented their current health warnings policy starting March, 2005. Health warnings are required to cover 50% of the front and 50% of the back of all cigarette packages. Overall, 50% of the package space is appropriated to health warnings. In 2005, a set of 6 warnings were rotated on cigarette packages and in 2006, a new set of 9 warnings were put in place. In 2009, a new set of 10 health warning images were released. Thailand also prohibits the terms "light" and "mild" from appearing on packages.

Label Images

Click on the links below to access Canada's Health Warnings and Constituent Messages Galleries.

Thailand's Health Warnings Gallery

Thailand's Constituent Messages Gallery

Legislation and Regulations

Listed below are documents relating to the implementation and regulation of picture-based health warnings in Thailand, which first came into effect in 2005.

Thailand's Announcement on Rules, Procedures and Conditions of Cigarette Labelling and Label Content (English) (2004)

Thailand's Pictoral Warning Labels Law (Thai) (2004)

Thailand's Ministerial Regulation (Thai) (2009)

Health Warnings Documents

A review of evidence on the effectiveness of text and pictoral warnings for Thailand is listed below.

Thailand Country Report on Labelling and Packaging (WHO Report - Chitanondh)
Thailand
2007

Presentations

Here is a link to a presentation by Dr. Samarn Futrakul at the November 2007 Article 11 Conference in Manila titled "Thailand’s Experience Packaging and Labelling of Tobacco Products"

Thailand’s Experience Packaging and Labelling of Tobacco Products (Futrakul Presentation in Manila) (2007)