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A warning message inside a package of cigarettes—mandatory in Canada. The Yukon banned smoking in public spaces and workplaces on 15 May 2008 after passing an anti-smoking bill in 2007. It was the last of the provinces and territories to implement a ban. [55]
Tobacco packaging warning messages on cigarette packs sold in the Philippines prior to March 2016 Graphic warnings from 2016 to 2018 A new warning. All cigarette packaging sold in the Philippines are required to display a government warning label. The warnings include: Government Warning: Cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health.
Canada is the first country to require health warnings on individual cigarettes. The goal is to reduce smoking to less than 5% of the population.
[54] [55] Some commentators referred to data provided by the tobacco industry and claimed that the tobacco sales volume had increased by 59 million sticks (individual cigarettes or their roll-your-own equivalents) during the same period. [56] [57] According to Philip Morris International, 2013 saw a 0.3% increase in tobacco sales compared to 2012.
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Dire as the coronavirus pandemic has become, it’s worth remembering that there are other severe public health threats that can’t be ignored. That’s a reason to applaud ...
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Individual cigarettes in Canada now carry warnings such as "poison in every puff" and "cigarettes cause impotence" in what the government says is an effort to make it "virtually impossible to avoid health warnings altogether". [170]
Canada, Australia, Thailand, Iceland, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil [85] and some EU countries have also imposed labels upon cigarette packs warning smokers of the effects, and they include graphic images of the potential health effects of smoking. In Canada, cards are also inserted into cigarette packs, explaining reasons not to smoke and different ...