The number of pieces of manufactured tobacco referred to in the preceding paragraph (excluding heated tobacco) is to be based on the number of cigarettes, and in calculating the number of pieces of manufactured tobacco listed in the left-hand column of the following table, the weight specified in the right-hand column of that table according to the classification in that column is converted to one cigarette; provided, however, that in calculating the number of pieces of cigars weighing less than one gram per piece, one such cigar is converted to one cigarette.
| Classification | Weight |
| (i) Manufactured tobacco for smoking | |
| (a) Cigars | 1 gram |
| (b) Pipe tobacco | 1 gram |
| (c) Cut tobacco | 2 grams |
| (ii) Manufactured tobacco for chewing | 2 grams |
| (iii) Manufactured tobacco for snuff | 2 grams |