Canada is poised to become the first country to require health warnings printed on individual cigarettes
Canadian cigarette companies will be required to carry health warnings on each individual cigarette, the country’s minister of mental Health and addictions, Carolyn Bennett, announced during a press conference on Friday.
“Adding health warnings on individual tobacco products will help ensure that these essential messages reach people, including the youth, who often access cigarettes one at a time in social situations, sidestepping the information printed on a package,” Bennett told reporters.
The government began a 75-day consultation period for the proposed change on Saturday. If the change is adopted, it will take effect in the second half of 2023. While the message to be printed on the individual cigarettes…
