Imperial Tobacco Australia Limited - s.87B undertaking

Undertaking date:

7 November 2005

Undertaking type:

s.87B undertaking

Reference number:

D05/68710

Section:

ss. 52, 53(a), 53(c) & 55

Company or individual details

Imperial Tobacco Australia has undertaken that it will:

remove 'light' and 'mild' descriptors and related numbers from all cigarettes produced for Australian consumers by 1 October 2005 and by 24 October for imported cigarettes;
not make claims about the health benefits of low yield cigarettes when compared to high yield cigarettes; and
pay $1 million to the ACCC to fund anti-smoking consumer education campaigns and programs concerning low yield cigarettes.