In Canada, a new proposal from the federal government envisages putting warnings on every cigarette sold. If this proposal makes the happiness of the Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control it is not unanimous among Imperial Tobacco Canada which denounces “regulatory relentlessness. » .
A WARNING DIRECTLY ON THE CIGARETTE?
Since Saturday, Quebec citizens and consumers have been polled on this “innovative” idea and a 75-day public consultation period has been initiated. This new proposal from the federal government envisages putting warnings on every cigarette sold and this obviously worries the tobacco industry.
Eric Gagnon, Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Imperial Tobacco Canada states: " You have to wonder where it will end". According to him "Everyone knows the risks associated with smoking, there are health messages on the packages, the packages are hidden from the public, so I don't think anyone is going to quit because there is a message on cigarette.".
Even more surprising, Eric Gagnon uses vaping to explain the lack of interest in the federal government's proposal: "What studies show is that if we want to reduce the rate of smoking, we must endorse products that are less harmful such as vaping.».
Since July 2021, the federal government has banned the sale of vaping liquids with a nicotine concentration above 20 milligrams per milliliter. Quebec also wishes to discourage the consumption of such products by those under 18.
