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Health warnings on individual cigarettes? - Kyng - 06-11-2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61767386

Canada's government is proposing putting health warnings on individual cigarettes in what would be a world-first way of tackling the habit.

Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett said she hoped the measure would help reach more people.

She said the key target were young people who often access cigarettes "in social situations sidestepping the information printed on a package".

A 75-day public consultation period on the issue starts on Saturday.

"Adding health warnings on individual tobacco products will help ensure that these essential messages reach people," Ms Bennett told reporters.

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I have to admit, I can't see this making much difference: the boxes all have very clear health warnings on them, and I think that if people aren't heeding those, then they aren't going to heed the warnings printed on the cigarettes either.

Still, I'd be happy to be proven wrong, so I guess it's worth a try .

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