Tobacco Law

New Tobacco Law in Europa

Since October 1st, there is a new regulation in place in Europe about Tobaccos. That's why Austria had to adapt the Tobacco Law as well and the Tobacco Companies represented in Austria had to change design and name.

New in Europa and Austria are:

1.) There is a new maximum of nicotine and tar allowed.
2.) There has to be the amount of carbon monoxide on the pack.
3.) There has to be new and bigger health warnings on the packs.
4.) The words "Light" and "Mild" are not allowed anymore.

To say some words about those points:

1. + 2.) There is now a maximum of 10 mg tar and 1,0 mg Nicotine and 10 mg carbon monoxide allowed.

3.) The health-warning has to be the size of 30% of the frontside and 40% of the backside of each pack!
There are now 2 different health-warnings on the front-side and 14 (!) different health-warnings on the back-side!

4.) Because names and/or brands including the words "Light" and "Mild" and all derivates of those words are no longer allowed, Tobacco Companies had to change the name of those cigarette brands.

Here are the new names which are in use in Austria:

Old Name	New Name
Basic Lights	Basic Fine Flavor
Benson & Hedges Red Lights 25	Benson & Hedges Red Style 25
Camel Lights	Camel Blue
Camel Lights 100's	Camel Blue 100's
Camel Medium	Camel Orange
Camel Super Lights	Camel Silver
Cartier Vendome Lights	Cartier Vendome 8 mg
Casablanca Ultra	Casablanca White
Chesterfield	Chesterfield Classic Red
Chesterfield Lights	Chesterfield Classic Blue
Chesterfield Original	Chesterfield American Blend 10 mg
Chesterfield Original Lights	Chesterfield American Blend 8 mg
Davidoff Lights	Davidoff Gold
Davidoff Ultra	Davidoff Blue
Flirt 80 mm	Flirt 70 mm
Gauloises Blondes	Gauloises Blondes Bleu
Gauloises Blondes Legeres	Gauloises Blondes Rouge
Gauloises Blondes Ultra Legeres	Gauloises Blondes Jaune
HB	HB King Size 10 mg
HB 100's	HB 100's 10 mg
HB Lights	HB King Size 6 mg
JPS	JPS Black
JPS American Blend	JPS Red
JPS American Blend Lights	JPS Silver
Kim	Kim 8 mg
Kim Superlights	Kim 4 mg
Kim Ultra Slim Superlights	Kim Super Slim Celeste
Lucky Strike	Lucky Strike Red
Lucky Strike Lights	Lucky Strike Silver
Marlboro	Marlboro 10 mg
Marlboro 100's	Marlboro 100 10 mg
Marlboro Lights	Marlboro 7 mg
Marlboro Lights 100's	Marlboro 100 9 mg
Marlboro Lights Menthol	Marlboro Menthol 6 mg
Marlboro Medium	Marlboro 9 mg
Marlboro Ultra Lights	Marlboro 3 mg
Maverick Lights	Maverick White
Memphis Blue Lights	Memphis Sky-Blue
Memphis Blue Lights 100	Memphis Sky-Blue 100
Memphis Blue Ultra	Memphis Strato-Blue
Memphis Lights	Memphis White
Memphis Lights 100	Memphis White 100
Memphis Medium	Memphis Mid
Memphis Platinum Lights	Memphis Titanium
Men Light	Men
Milde Sorte	Meine Sorte
Milde Sorte 1	Meine Sorte 1
Milde Sorte 100	Meine Sorte 100
Milde Sorte de Luxe	Meine Sorte de Luxe
Milde Sorte Super	Meine Sorte Super
Milde Sorte Ultra	Meine Sorte White
MS Filtro	MS F
MS Mild	MS M
Natural American Spirit	Natural American Spirit 9 mg
Natural American Spirit Light	Natural American Spirit 5 mg
Natural American Spirit Medium	Natural American Spirit 7 mg
Nil Lights	Nil Weiss
Pall Mall 100's Superlong	Pall Mall Superlong
Pall Mall Lights	Pall Mall Smooth Taste
Pall Mall Ultra Lights	Pall Mall Soft Taste
Parisienne Mild	Parisienne Jaune
Parisienne Super	Parisienne Rouge
Peter Stuyvesant Lights	Peter Stuyesant Gold
Philip Morris Super Lights	Philip Morris Supreme
Philip Morris Super Lights 100's	Philip Morris Supreme 100
Prince Lights	Prince White
R 1	R 1 2 mg
R 1 Minima	R 1 1 mg
Ronson Special Lights	Ronson Special White
Rothmans	Rothmans 10 mg
Rothmans Lights	Rothmans 8 mg
Silk Cut Mild	Silk Cut Purple
Silk Cut Ultra	Silk Cut Silver
Silk Cut Ultra Mild	Silk Cut Yellow
Smart Export Box Light	Smart Export Box White
Vogue Superslims 100's	Vogue Filter 8 mg
Vogue Superslims 100's Ultra Lights	Vogue Filter 3 mg
West	West Red
West Lights	West Silber
West Ultra	West Blue
Winston	Winston Red
Winston Lights	Winston Blue
Winston One	Winston White
Winston Super Lights	Winston Silver

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