The Canadian government has taken an important step to prevent smoking in the country.
The Canadian government yesterday made it mandatory to carry a health warning on every cigarette pack to prevent smoking in the country.
The new measure will be formally implemented on August 1, after which warnings such as ‘poison in every puff’, ‘tobacco smoke harms children’ and ‘cigarettes cause cancer’ will gradually appear on every cigarette. will be introduced.
In this regard, Canadian Minister Caroline Bennett said that tobacco use is still the cause of death of 48,000 Canadian citizens annually.
Carolyn Bennett believes this bold move will make health warning messages virtually inevitable, along with updated graphic images on packaging as a reminder of the serious health consequences of smoking. will work on
The Canadian government has taken this decision in view of the fact that young people, who are particularly prone to smoking, often start smoking by buying single cigarettes instead of packs.
In 2000, Canada began placing health warning messages on cigarette packets with graphic images, including graphic images of the human heart and lungs affected by smoking, to highlight the health risks of tobacco use. It is a means of creating awareness about
Since then, there has been a marked decline in smoking prevalence in Canada over the past two decades.
But now this new initiative taken by Canada aims to reduce the number of smokers in the country to 5 percent of the country’s population by 2035, which will be equal to about 2 million people. The current smoking rate in the country is around 13%.
In addition, one of the goals of enforcing stricter regulations and creating awareness about the health risks of smoking is to reduce the financial burden on the country’s healthcare system.
Canada has become the first country in the world to announce a health warning on every cigarette, although the UK has considered a similar move.
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