Warnings to be printed on individual cigarettes in Canada in a world first

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The health warnings, which will include phrases such as 'cigarettes cause cancer' and 'poison in every puff' will be in English and French.

The labelling rule announced in May aims to further crack down on smoking.Each cigarette sold in Canada effective Tuesday now comes with an individual health warning that "cigarettes cause impotence" and cancer, and that there is "poison in every puff".

Ottawa aims to further reduce the number of smokers in the country to five per cent of the population, or about 2 million people, by 2035 - from about 13 per cent currently.

 

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