French Public Health Code
In forceI. - The sale, distribution or free offer of cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco is prohibited:
1° flavoured with a clearly identifiable odour or taste before or during consumption, other than that of tobacco ;
2° Whose filters, paper, capsules, packaging or any other component contain tobacco, nicotine or flavourings;
3° Containing any technical device for modifying the odour or taste of tobacco products or their combustion intensity;
4° Containing vitamins or other additives implying that a tobacco product has health benefits or that its health risks have been reduced;
5° Containing caffeine, taurine or other additives and stimulants associated with energy and vitality;
6° Containing additives that impart colouring properties to smoke emissions;
7° Containing additives which facilitate the inhalation or absorption of nicotine;
8° Containing additives which, without combustion, have carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic properties for human reproduction;
9° Containing additives in quantities which, when consumed, significantly or measurably increase their toxic or addictive effects.
II. - 4° to 6° and 8° of I apply to other tobacco products.
7° of I applies to other smoking tobacco products.
The 2° and 3° of I also apply to papers and filters sold, distributed or offered separately.
III. - 1° of I comes into force on 20 May 2020 for tobacco products containing a clearly identifiable flavour whose sales volume represents, within the European Union, on 20 May 2016, 3% or more of a given category of tobacco products.
