In Canada, health warnings printed directly on cigarettes

Warnings about the dangers of cigarettes printed directly on it. This is the decision taken by Canada, which is the first to implement such a measure. A way to encourage smokers to quit and young people not to start.

“Cigarettes cause cancer” or “Poison in every puff”

Warning phrases like “Cigarettes cause cancer” or “Poison in every puff” or other shock phrases, warning of the dangers of tobacco on the health of children or the risk of impotence, will be written in French and in English.

According to the Canadian authorities, the first cigarettes of this kind will be sold next year. And by April 2025, all tobacco products and even cigarette paper will have to bear these indications. According to Health Canada, these new regulations “will make it virtually impossible to avoid health warnings” on tobacco products. The country already plans to print six more shock phrases in 2026.

Tobacco kills 48,000 people in Canada every year

Canada has set itself the goal of achieving a smoking rate of less than 5% by 2035, i.e. a reduction by half (10% according to a national survey carried out in 2021). The Canadian Cancer Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Canadian Lung Association have welcomed the announcement, hoping that these new measures.

Tobacco is responsible for 48,000 deaths each year in Canada and 75,000 in France. It is the main cause of preventable mortality (lung cancer, head and neck cancer, bladder cancer, cardiovascular diseases, etc.).