Last updated: November 11, 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)
No
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
No
Description of current required warnings/messages:

The follow text/picture warnings are authorized under the Regulations for smoked tobacco products:

1) WARNING Smoking harms people next to you (image: person smoking next to someone coughing)
2) WARNING Tobacco Use Kills (image: person in a coffin)
3) WARNING Tobacco use causes cancer (image: man smoking with view of throat cancer)
4) WARNING Tobacco use causes cancer (image: woman smoking with view of throat cancer)
5) WARNING Tobacco use causes lung disease (image: smoker's lungs and non-smoker's lungs)
6) WARNING Tobacco use is addictive (image: smoker with hole in throat)
7) WARNING Tobacco use causes gum disease and tooth loss (image: person with teeth falling out)
8) WARNING Tobacco use causes mouth cancer (image: person with mouth cancer)
9) WARNING Tobacco use causes impotence (image: two people sitting on bed turned away from each other)
10) WARNING Tobacco use causes premature births (image: baby in hospital hooked to machines)
11) WARNING Tobacco use causes infertility in women (image: woman smoking with thought bubble "I wish I had a child")

The follow text/picture warnings are authorized for smokeless tobacco products:

1) WARNING This product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes (image: e-cigarettes)
2) WARNING This product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes (image: pipe)
3) WARNING This product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes (image: packet of smokeless tobacco)
4) WARNING This product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes (image: shisha pipe)
5) WARNING Tobacco use causes gum disease and tooth loss (image: person with teeth falling out)
6) WARNING Tobacco use causes mouth cancer (image: person with mouth cancer)