PRA number
2013/13806
Published date
Reasons the product is recalled
One of the seven Set B Graphic Health Warnings (the "Smoking Causes Heart Disease" GHW) features the previously mandated image, not the current one, which was replaced by the Competition and Consumer (Tobacco) Amendment Information Standard 2012.
The hazards to consumers
The required Graphic Health Warnings have been specifically developed to assist in preventing deaths and illness attributable to tobacco products by preventing uptake or relapse and encouraging cessation of tobacco use.
What consumers should do
Return the product to the place of purchase for a full refund or a replacement product.
Supplier
British American Tobacco Australia
Traders who sold this product
Various tobacco retailers
Where the product was sold
Nationally
Responsible regulator
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is the responsible regulator for this recall.