proyecto de ley que adecua la legislacion nacional al estandar del convenio marco de la organizacion mundial de salud para el control del tabaco draft law bringing national legislation into line with the who framework convention on tobacco control notification of the following proposed technical regulations future law currently under parliamentary discussion a under no circumstances may cigarettes be sold individually or in packets containing less than twenty. b the manufacture and sale of sweets snacks toys or any other objects resembling or in the form of pipes cigarettes or other tobacco products are prohibited. c any packaging used for domestically manufactured or imported tobacco products that are to be distributed in national territory shall display a clear and precise warning of the damage diseases and effects that tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke imply for human health. this warning shall be valid for a minimum of twelve months and a maximum of 24 months it shall be designed by the ministry of health established by a supreme decree issued by that ministry and printed on packets or packaging. it may not under any circumstances be removable. in the case of cigarette or cigar packets and tobacco product bags and packets this warning shall be displayed on the two widest sides and occupy 50 of each of those sides. the warning shall appear on the lower part of each side. the above-mentioned decree shall establish between two and six warnings which may include drawings or photographs and captions. the decree shall enter into force three months after its publication. during the period indicated in the first paragraph the warnings shall be displayed simultaneously on all domestically manufactured and imported products that are to be distributed in national territory. producers marketers or distributors shall affix the warnings applying the same size percentages to all the tobacco products that they produce market or distribute. to this end at the beginning of the duration of validity of the warnings they shall inform the ministry of health in writing of the quantities of the respective tobacco products and of the distribution of the warnings thereon. any changes to the information given shall be notified to the ministry of health immediately. if when the new warnings enter into effect there are left-over stocks displaying previous warnings authorization shall be sought to distribute these stocks from the health authority relevant to the parent company of the manufacturer or importer. this exception shall only apply to an amount equivalent to the production distributed the previous month. health warnings shall always be visible at all tobacco product points of sale. furthermore all packaging shall display the phrase authorized for sale only in chile. all packets of cigarettes marketed in national territory shall conform to plain packaging requirements at least as regards position of brand name colour opening type packaging material packet size and common characteristics for all brand names on cigarette packets. the respective brand name shall under no circumstances cover more than 30 of the total surface of the cigarette packaging. each individual cigarette shall be wrapped exclusively in smooth white paper and have a cork-coloured filter. the brand name and other colours or other design features shall not appear directly on the tobacco products. a regulation issued by the ministry of health shall establish the rules governing the implementation of the provisions of this article. d it is forbidden to use in the name on the packaging or for properties associated with the brand name of tobacco products terms such as light suave mild ligero light and bajo en low in or any others that directly or indirectly create the impression that a particular tobacco product is less harmful than other tobacco products or that its consumption has positive effects for consumers. the prohibitions established in this article apply to words in any language or dialect. e the parent company of the manufacturer or importer of the tobacco products shall on an annual basis notify the ministry o