New Health Warnings Appearing Soon on Cigarettes and Little Cigar Packages
(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 03/21/12 -- Effective today, tobacco manufacturers and importers will now be restricted to distributing and selling cigarette and little cigar packages with the new health warning messages and other labelling changes.
"This milestone date represents an important step towards the full implementation of the new health-related labels for cigarettes and little cigars," said Minister Aglukkaq. "We are now closer to putting important health and quitting information into the hands of millions of smokers."
Retailers now have until June 18, 2012 to sell their inventory displaying the old health warnings. As of June 19, 2012, only packages of cigarettes and little cigars that display the new health warnings can be legally sold at retail.
"Recent research has reminded us that young people are still very vulnerable to the attractions of tobacco use", said Heather Borquez, President and CEO of the Canadian Lung Association. "We welcome the new, stronger warning labels for tobacco products as a critical step to deter Canada's youth from taking up smoking."
Changes under the Tobacco Products Labelling Regulations (Cigarettes and Little Cigars), introduced by the Government of Canada last September, include larger, more noticeable health warning messages, now covering 75% of the front and back of packages.
Each warning includes a reference to a Canada-wide, toll-free quitline number and web address, which link smokers to provincial and territorial counselling and resources to help them quit smoking.
Some warnings include messages from Canadians whose lives and health have been negatively affected by tobacco use. Among them is Barb Tarbox, an anti-smoking activist from Alberta who died in 2003 from lung cancer caused by smoking.
Other labelling changes include new health information and information on how to quit smoking located on the inside of packs, enhanced with colour and graphics. The sides of packs now feature new and easy-to-understand statements about toxic chemicals contained in tobacco smoke.
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