New graphic health warnings and filter messages coming to cigarettes Aug. 1
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OTTAWA — New rules are coming next week for cigarette and tobacco product packaging.
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Purchasers of cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products can expect to see a new series of graphic warning labels beginning Aug. 1, as Health Canada prepares to implement a mandatory changeover of the current series of warnings — part of the agency’s Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging and Labelling Regulations (TPAPLR).
“The TPAPLR are an important component of Canada’s Tobacco Strategy , which aims to reduce tobacco use in Canada,” read an excerpt from Health Canada’s website detailing the regulations.
“The TPAPLR mandate that all tobacco product packages must display health warnings, including information on the quit line and available tobacco cessation web portal services, as well as toxicity information.”
New images coming next week
The graphic images of diseased organs, dying cancer patients and impotently-flaccid cigarettes currently adorning tobacco packages will be rotated out for a second series of images — including a cancerous colon, a shrivelled lung, and a toilet full of bloody urine.
Starting Aug. 1, retailers must clear out their old stock of series 1 images and exclusively sell product with series 2 images.
As well, the new series includes six new phrases printed directly on cigarette filters, and moves advice on quitting from the rear slide of cigarette packaging to an extended upper-side flap inside the box.
This makes the messages larger, more visible when pulling a cigarette out of its package, and harder to ignore, and will be mandatory for all cigarette packages sold after Oct. 31.
Policies requiring graphic images included on the customary health warnings for cigarette packages came into effect in Dec. 2000, with packages appearing on store shelves the next year.
Initially mandated to occupy half of the front and rear of each package, the graphic image warnings were increased in size to 75% of the package in 2012.
Rules requiring warning slogans printed on each individual cigarette came into effect in 2024 for king-size, expanding last April to regular-sized cigarettes, little cigars/cigarillos, and empty tubes marketed to the roll-your-own crowd.
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