Canada to start putting health warnings on individual cigarettes from August 1

In a move to reduce tobacco usage, Canada will soon be printing warning labels directly on cigarettes in a world-first, announced the country’s health agency.

This regulation will come into effect from August 1, stated Health Canada.

The new packaging will feature a warning on every individual cigarette with phrases such as “Cigarettes cause cancer” and “Poison in every puff”. 

This is an effort to bring down tobacco usage in Canada to less than 5 percent by the year 2025.

On Wednesday. Health Canada announced that the new regulations “will make it virtually impossible to avoid health warnings” on tobacco products.

By April 2025, the health agency anticipates that retailers in Canada will only carry tobacco products that hold the new warning bale directly on the cigarettes.

Products carrying labels on tipper paper include individual cigarettes, little cigars, tubes and tobacco products, stated Health Canada.