This picture supplied by Well being Canada reveals the ultimate wording of six separate warnings that will probably be printed instantly on particular person cigarettes as Canada turns into the primary on this planet to take that step aimed toward serving to folks give up the behavior. The laws take impact Aug. 1 and will probably be phased in.
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This picture supplied by Well being Canada reveals the ultimate wording of six separate warnings that will probably be printed instantly on particular person cigarettes as Canada turns into the primary on this planet to take that step aimed toward serving to folks give up the behavior. The laws take impact Aug. 1 and will probably be phased in.
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TORONTO — Canada will quickly turn into the primary nation on this planet the place warning labels should seem on particular person cigarettes.
The transfer was first introduced final 12 months by Well being Canada and is aimed toward serving to folks give up the behavior. The laws take impact Aug. 1 and will probably be phased in. King-size cigarettes would be the first to function the warnings and will probably be offered in shops by the tip of July 2024, adopted by regular-size cigarettes, and little cigars with tipping paper and tubes by the tip of April 2025.
“This daring step will make well being warning messages just about unavoidable,” Psychological Well being and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett stated Wednesday.
The warnings — in English and French — embrace “poison in each puff,” “tobacco smoke harms kids” and “cigarettes trigger impotence.”
Well being Canada stated the technique goals to cut back tobacco use beneath 5% by 2035. New laws additionally strengthen health-related graphic pictures displayed on packages of tobacco.
Bennett’s assertion stated tobacco use kills 48,000 Canadians yearly.
Doug Roth, chief govt of the Coronary heart & Stroke charity, stated the daring measure will make sure that risks to lung well being can’t be missed.
The Canadian Most cancers Society stated the measure will cut back smoking and the enchantment of cigarettes, thus stopping most cancers and different ailments.
Rob Cunningham, senior coverage analyst on the Canadian Most cancers Society, stated well being messaging will probably be conveyed in each puff and through each smoke break. Canada, he added, could have the very best tobacco well being warning system on this planet.
Tobacco promoting, promotion and sponsorship are banned in Canada and warnings on cigarette packs have existed since 1972.
In 2001, Canada turned the primary nation to require tobacco firms to incorporate image warnings on the skin of cigarette packages and embrace inserts with well being messages.
