Health Canada has announced that Canada will soon print warning labels directly on cigarettes for the first time in the world.
The new packaging will contain a warning on each cigarette with phrases such as: “Cigarettes cause cancer” and “Poison in every puff”.
Health Canada said the regulation will take effect on August 1.
The measure is part of efforts to reduce tobacco use in Canada to less than 5% by 2035.
Health Canada said in an announcement on Wednesday that the new regulations would “make it virtually impossible to avoid health warnings” on tobacco products.
Source / Agencies