Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Canada launches warning labels on each cigarette
Though just around 10% of high-teenagers and adults smoke in Canada, cigarette
smoking still is the country’s leading preventable cause of disease and
premature death. It has been required to print warning labels on cigarette
packages since 1989 in Canada. In 2001, it became the first country to
implement pictorial health warnings on cigarette packages. Health warnings were
required to cover 50% of the front and 50% of the back of the package (one side
in English and the other side in French). Now, tobacco manufacturers are required
to print warnings directly onto individual cigarettes starting next year. So,
each time a smoker pulls out a cigarette from the box to light up, he or she
will see the warning label both in English and French. Does another health warning
discourage smokers to light up? Still,
smoking is not illegal in most countries.
Read the article and learn about how many health warnings must be printed
and seen on cigarettes in Canada.
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