You are reminded to comply with the following obligations, in addition to the specified licence conditions. Upon conviction for non-compliance, offenders can be punished with imprisonment and/or fine. Offenders may also have their licenses suspended or revoked.

THE TOBACCO (CONTROL OF ADVERTISEMENTS AND SALE) ACT

a. Smoking/Tobacco-related Advertisements You must not put up advertisements relating to tobacco as they are prohibited.

b. Tobacco products as free gift You must not give tobacco products away as free gifts, free samples or as prizes. Also, the tobacco products cannot be sold with other products as free gifts, or in conjunction with any other goods or services.The Shopper loyalty programmes that involves tobacco products are also prohibited.

c. Prohibition of sale of tobacco products to persons below the MLA You must not sell, directly or indirectly, tobacco products to persons below the MLA. You are responsible for your employees and must ensure that they comply with this prohibition.

d. No sale of cigarettes in package of less than 20 sticks You must not sell cigarettes pack that contain less than 20 sticks in Singapore.

e. Prohibition Notice You must ensure that there are sufficient notices prominently displayed.in the outlet to inform the public that the sale of tobacco products to persons below the MLA is prohibited.

f. Prohibition on sale of Harmful and imitation tobacco products You must not sell any harmful tobacco products like smokeless tobacco, or any tobacco products that contain nicotine and tar above the yield limit of 1.0mg and 10.0mg respectively and imitation tobacco products like [electronic vaporisers] (https://www.hsa.gov.sg/content/hsa/en/Health_Products_Regulation/Tobacco_Control/Overview/Tobacco_Legislation/Prohibition_on_Certain_Products.html){:target=”_blank”}{:rel=”noopener”} at the outlet.

g. Health Warnings on tobacco products You must ensure that all tobacco products carry the mandatory health-warning labels.

h. Tobacco products for sale You must ensure that only one packet of each pack size of each cigarette brand is allowed to be displayed in the tobacco storage unit whenever it is exposed to customers or members of the public during re-stocking or tobacco sales transactions(with exception of duty-free and specialist tobacconist businesses)

i. The Tobacco Licence is non-transferable.

You must inform HSA on any changes in the particulars pertaining to the licence/application not later than three days after the changes have been effected.