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This enactment replaces the Tobacco Products Control Act and the
Tobacco Sales to Young Persons Act. The purpose of this enactment is
to protect the health of Canadians and, in particular, to protect young
persons from inducements to use tobacco products and to restrict access
to tobacco products.
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Some of the highlights are as follows:
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- The enactment establishes powers to regulate tobacco products.
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- The Tobacco Sales to Young Persons Act prohibits sales of
tobacco products to persons under eighteen years of age. This
enactment further restricts access to tobacco products by young
persons.
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- The enactment provides for health messages on packages of
tobacco products that are attributable to an authority prescribed by
regulations and for detailed information on tobacco products and
their emissions.
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- The enactment prohibits the advertising of tobacco products,
except product information and brand-preference advertising in
publications with primarily adult readership, in materials mailed to
adults and in places where young persons are not permitted by law.
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- The current provisions of the Tobacco Products Control Act
prohibit free distribution of tobacco products as well as incentives in
association with the purchase of a tobacco product. This enactment
also prohibits the distribution and promotion of tobacco products if
any of their brand elements appear on a non-tobacco product that is
associated with youth or a lifestyle.
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- With regard to sponsorship promotions that contain tobacco
brand elements, the enactment provides that
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- the tobacco brand elements may only appear in the bottom part
of the promotional material and occupy no more than ten per cent
of the display surface; and
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- the promotional material is limited to publications with
primarily adult readership, materials mailed to adults and signs
on the site of the event and in places where young persons are not
permitted by law.
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- The enactment requires that manufacturers report on tobacco
products and related brand elements.
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