China News Service, Toronto, June 11 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) The Canadian government plans to put health warnings on every cigarette.
To this end, the Canadian government started a 75-day public consultation on June 11 to provide a reference for the formulation of new tobacco labelling regulations.
One of the main elements of the plan is to put health warnings on every cigarette, filter cigar and cigarette pipe.
Health Canada said that if the above plan is implemented, Canada will become the first country in the world to implement this regulation.
The Canadian government says the move will help ensure health warnings reach smokers, especially teens and young adults.
This will make it almost difficult for people to avoid health warnings entirely.
In addition, the proposed regulation also plans to update health-related information on the basis of existing regulations, and to reflect this information on all tobacco product packaging, and to rotate the information on a regular basis.
This health-related information includes listing more specific hazards, such as stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, and cervical cancer, in information such as tobacco product health warnings.
Canada has required graphic warnings on tobacco product packaging since 2000 to raise awareness of associated health hazards.
According to Canadian official data, the smoking rate in the country has dropped from 28% in 1998 to 13% currently.
But smoking remains one of the leading preventable causes of illness and premature death in Canada, killing an estimated 48,000 Canadians each year.