Last updated: July 20, 2021

Warnings/Messages Content

Does the content of the warnings/messages address:
Health impacts
Yes
Advice on cessation (e.g., the benefits of cessation or steps to take to stop smoking)
Yes
Addictive nature of tobacco
Yes
Adverse economic and social outcomes
No
Impact of tobacco use on friends and family
Yes
Quitline phone number and/or website
Yes
Description of current required warnings/messages:

For the 16 pictorial health warnings, 16 health information messages, and toxic emissions statements for tobacco products, go to: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/tobac-tabac/legislation/label-etiquette/cigarette-eng.php#cigarettes.

Text warnings for bidis:
a. "USE OF THIS PRODUCT CAN CAUSE CANCER" and "L'USAGE DE CE PRODUIT PEUT CAUSER LE CANCER";
b. "TOBACCO SMOKE HURTS CHILDREN" and "LA FUMÉE DE TABAC NUIT AUX ENFANTS";
c. "TOBACCO SMOKE CAN CAUSE FATAL LUNG DISEASES" and "LA FUMÉE DE TABAC PEUT CAUSER DES MALADIES PULMONAIRES MORTELLES"; or
d. "TOBACCO SMOKE CONTAINS HYDROGEN CYANIDE" and "LA FUMÉE DE TABAC CONTIENT DE L'ACIDE CYANHYDRIQUE."

Text warnings for chewing tobacco and oral snuff:
a. "THIS PRODUCT IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE" and "CE PRODUIT CRÉE UNE FORTE DÉPENDANCE";
b. "THIS PRODUCT CAUSES MOUTH DISEASES" and "CE PRODUIT CAUSE DES MALADIES DE LA BOUCHE";
c. "THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO CIGARETTES" and "CE PRODUIT N'EST PAS UN SUBSTITUT SÉCURITAIRE À LA CIGARETTE"; or
d. "USE OF THIS PRODUCT CAN CAUSE CANCER" and "L'USAGE DE CE PRODUIT PEUT CAUSER LE CANCER."

Text warnings for nasal snuff:
a. "THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO CIGARETTES" and "CE PRODUIT N'EST PAS UN SUBSTITUT SÉCURITAIRE À LA CIGARETTE";
b. "THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS CANCER CAUSING AGENTS" and "CE PRODUIT CONTIENT DES AGENTS CANCÉRIGÈNES";
c. "THIS PRODUCT MAY BE ADDICTIVE" and "CE PRODUIT PEUT CRÉER UNE DÉPENDANCE"; or
d. "THIS PRODUCT MAY BE HARMFUL" and "CE PRODUIT PEUT ÊTRE NOCIF."