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Health Canada Welcomes Feedback on Health Warning Regulatory Proposals by August 25, 2022.

Thursday, August 18, 2022  
Posted by: Natalia Gromov

Canada first adopted pictorial warning requirements for tobacco product packages in 2000 to increase awareness of the health hazards and health effects associated with tobacco use. On June 11, 2022, Health Canada published  proposed Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance) and proposed Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act in the Canada Gazette Part I (CGI) for a 75-day consultation period (until August 25, 2022). Proposed action includes placing warnings on tobacco products such as individual cigarettes. Please find additional information below.

Press Release: Government of Canada proposes to print health warning messages on individual cigarettes

A summary of the two regulatory initiatives can be found here (also noted below).

  1. Proposed Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance)

The proposed Regulations were published in the June 11, 2022 edition of the Canada Gazette Part I for a 75-day consultation period, which will close on August 25, 2022.

The proposed Regulations would, among other measures:

  • strengthen and update current health-related messages;
  • extend labelling requirements to all tobacco product packages;
  • implement periodic rotation of messages (every 24 to 36 months);
  • introduce text health warnings on individual cigarettes, little cigars that have a filter, and tubes; and
  • consolidate all tobacco product labelling and packaging requirements in a single set of regulations: the Tobacco Products Packaging and Labelling Regulations.

You can download the draft health-related messages here.
You can download the draft Cost-benefit analysis report here.

  1. Proposed Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act
The proposed Order would permit the use of colouring agents to whiten the tipping paper of cigarettes, little cigars that have a filter, and tubes where a white background for the health warning would be required.

The proposed Order was also published in the Canada Gazette, Part I on June 11, 2022 for a 75-day consultation period, which will close on August 25, 2022.

Health Canada welcomes all feedback on these regulatory proposals. Interested parties are invited to make a submission by email to pregs@hc-sc.gc.ca until August 25, 2022. Following review of feedback from this consultation and pending on approval by the Governor in Council, registration and publication of the proposed Regulations and Order in Canada Gazette, Part II, could take place in 2023.

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