Bill C-32

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C-32

Second Session, Fortieth Parliament,

57-58 Elizabeth II, 2009

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-32

An Act to amend the Tobacco Act

first reading, May 26, 2009

MINISTER OF HEALTH

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Tobacco Act to provide additional protection for youth from tobacco marketing. It repeals the exception that permits tobacco advertising in publications with an adult readership of not less than 85%. It prohibits the packaging, importation for sale, distribution and sale of little cigars and blunt wraps unless they are in a package that contains at least 20 little cigars or blunt wraps. It also prohibits the manufacture and sale of cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps that contain the additives set out in a new schedule to that Act, as well as the packaging of those products in a manner that suggests that they contain a prohibited additive. It also prohibits the manufacture and sale of tobacco products unless all of the required information about their composition is submitted to the Minister.

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2nd Session, 40th Parliament,

57-58 Elizabeth II, 2009

house of commons of canada

BILL C-32

An Act to amend the Tobacco Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

ALTERNATIVE TITLE

Alternative title

1. This Act may be cited as the Cracking Down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed at Youth Act.

1997, c. 13

TOBACCO ACT

2. (1) The definition “package” in section 2 of the Tobacco Act is repealed.

(2) Section 2 of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

“additive”
« additif »

“additive” means an ingredient other than tobacco leaves.

“blunt wrap”
« feuille d’enveloppe »

“blunt wrap” means a sheet, including one that is rolled, that is composed of natural or reconstituted tobacco and that is ready to be filled.

“ingredient”
« ingrédient »

“ingredient” means tobacco leaves and any substance used in the manufacture of a tobacco product or its components, including any substance used in the manufacture of that substance.

“little cigar”
« petit cigare »

“little cigar” means a roll or tubular construction that

(a) is intended for smoking;

(b) contains a filler composed of natural or reconstituted tobacco;

(d) has a cigarette filter or weighs no more than 1.4 g, excluding the weight of any mouthpiece or tip.

It includes any tobacco product that is prescribed to be a little cigar.

3. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 2:

GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL’S POWERS

Regulations — little cigar

2.1 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing any tobacco product to be a little cigar for the purpose of the definition “little cigar”.

Order in council — little cigar

(2) The Governor in Council may, by order, amend the definition “little cigar” by replacing the weight set out in that definition by a weight that is not less than 1.4 g.

4. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 5:

Prohibition — manufacture

5.1 (1) No person shall use an additive set out in column 1 of the schedule in the manufacture of a tobacco product set out in column 2.

Exception — trade-mark

(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit the use of a colouring agent to depict a trade-mark on a tobacco product.

5. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 5.1:

Prohibition — sale

5.2 (1) No person shall sell a tobacco product set out in column 2 of the schedule that contains an additive set out in column 1.

Exception — trade-mark

(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit the sale of a tobacco product by reason only that the product contains a colouring agent used to depict a trade-mark on the product.

6. Section 6 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Information required from manufacturer

6. (1) Every manufacturer shall submit to the Minister, in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time, information that is required by the regulations about tobacco products, their emissions and any research and development related to tobacco products and their emissions, whether the tobacco products are for sale or not.

Requests for supplementary information

(2) The Minister may, subject to the regulations, request supplementary information relating to the information referred to in subsection (1), and every manufacturer shall submit the requested information.

7. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 6:

Prohibition

6.1 Subject to the regulations, no manufacturer shall manufacture or sell a tobacco product unless all of the information required under section 6 that relates to the product’s composition and ingredients is submitted to the Minister.

8. (1) The portion of section 7 of the Act before paragraph (e) is replaced by the following:

Regulations

7. The Governor in Council may make regulations

(a) establishing standards for tobacco products, including prescribing the amounts of substances that may be contained in the product or its emissions;

(b) respecting test methods, including methods to assess conformity with the standards;

(c) prescribing information that manufacturers must submit to the Minister about tobacco products and their emissions, including sales data and information on market research, product composition, ingredients, health effects, hazardous properties and brand elements;

(c.1) prescribing information that manufacturers must submit to the Minister about research and development related to tobacco products and their emissions, including information on market research, product composition, ingredients, health effects, hazardous properties and brand elements;

(c.2) respecting requests for supplementary information under subsection 6(2);

(c.3) respecting the prohibition under section 6.1, including providing for the suspension of the manufacture or sale of a tobacco product;

(d) prescribing the means, including elec- tronic means, by which the information referred to in paragraphs (c) to (c.2) may be submitted to the Minister;

(d.1) prescribing anything that by this Part is to be prescribed; and

(2) Paragraph 7(e) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:

e) prévoyant toute autre mesure nécessaire à l’application de la présente partie.

9. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 7:

Amendment of schedule

7.1 (1) The Governor in Council may, by order, amend the schedule by adding, amending or deleting

(a) the name or description of an additive or tobacco product; or

(b) a reference to all tobacco products, with or without exceptions.

Description

(2) An additive or tobacco product may be described by reference to a document produced by a body or person other than the Minister, either as the document exists on a particular date or as it is amended from time to time.

10. Section 10 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Minimum number of products in package

10. (1) No person shall import for sale in Canada, package, distribute or sell cigarettes, little cigars or blunt wraps except in a package that contains at least 20 cigarettes, little cigars or blunt wraps or, if a higher number is prescribed, at least the prescribed number.

Other tobacco products

(2) No person shall import for sale in Canada, package, distribute or sell a tobacco product — other than cigarettes, little cigars or blunt wraps — that is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection, except in a package that contains at least the prescribed portions, number or quantity of the tobacco product.

11. Subsection 22(2) of the Act is amended by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (a) and by repealing paragraph (b).

12. (1) The Act is amended by adding the following after section 23:

Prohibited additives — packaging

23.1 (1) No person shall package a tobacco product set out in column 2 of the schedule in a manner that suggests, including through illustrations, that it contains an additive set out in column 1.

(2) Section 23.1 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

Prohibition — sale

(2) No person shall sell a tobacco product set out in column 2 of the schedule that is packaged in a manner prohibited by subsection (1).

13. Subsection 26(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Promotion

(2) No person shall promote an accessory that displays a tobacco product-related brand element except in the prescribed manner and form and in a publication or place described in paragraphs 22(2)(a) and (c).

14. (1) The Act is amended by adding the following after section 43:

Prohibited additives — manufacturer

43.1 Every manufacturer who contravenes subsection 5.1(1) or 23.1(1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $300,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.

(2) Section 43.1 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Prohibited additives — manufacturer

43.1 Every manufacturer who contravenes subsection 5.1(1), 5.2(1) or 23.1(1) or (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $300,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.

Prohibited additives — retailer

43.2 Every retailer who contravenes subsection 5.2(1) or 23.1(2) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

15. Section 44 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Summary offence

44. Every person who contravenes subsection 6(1) or (2), 10(1) or (2), 26(1) or (2) or 31(1) or (3), section 32 or subsection 38(1) or (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.

16. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 44:

Prohibited manufacture or sale

44.1 Every manufacturer who contravenes section 6.1 is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.

17. The Act is amended by adding, after section 66, the schedule set out in the schedule to this Act.

COMING INTO FORCE

After royal assent — 180 days

18. (1) Sections 2 to 4, 9 and 10, subsections 12(1) and 14(1) and section 17 come into force 180 days after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.

After royal assent — 270 days

(2) Section 5 and subsections 12(2) and 14(2) come into force 270 days after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.

Order in council

(3) Sections 7 and 16 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Explanatory Notes

Tobacco Act

Clause 2: (1) Existing text of the definition:

“package” means the container, receptacle or wrapper in which a tobacco product is sold.

(2) New.

Clause 3: New.

Clause 4: New.

Clause 5: New.

Clause 6: Existing text of section 6:

6. Every manufacturer of a tobacco product shall provide to the Minister, in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time, information about the product and its emissions, as required by the regulations.

Clause 7: New.

Clause 8: (1) and (2) Existing text of section 7:

7. The Governor in Council may make regulations

(a) establishing standards for tobacco products, including

(i) prescribing the amounts of substances that may be contained in the product or its emissions, and

(ii) prescribing substances that may not be added to tobacco products;

(b) prescribing test methods, including methods to assess conformity with the standards;

(c) prescribing information that manufacturers must provide to the Minister about tobacco products and their emissions, including sales data and information on product composition, ingredients, hazardous properties and brand elements;

(d) prescribing the means, including electronic, by which the information referred to in paragraph (c) may be communicated to the Minister; and

(e) generally for carrying out the purposes of this Part.

Clause 9: New.

Clause 10: Existing text of section 10:

10. (1) No person shall sell cigarettes except in a package that contains at least twenty cigarettes or at least a prescribed number of cigarettes, which number shall be more than twenty.

(2) No person shall sell a tobacco product, other than cigarettes, that is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection, in a package that contains fewer than the prescribed number or less than the prescribed quantities or portions of the product.

Clause 11: Relevant portion of subsection 22(2):

(2) Subject to the regulations, a person may advertise a tobacco product by means of information advertising or brand-preference advertising that is in

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(b) a publication that has an adult readership of not less than eighty-five per cent; or

Clause 12: (1) and (2) New.

Clause 13: Existing text of subsection 26(2):

Clause 14: (1) New.

Clause 15: Existing text of section 44:

44. Every person who contravenes section 6, subsection 10(1) or (2), 26(1) or (2) or 31(1) or (3), section 32 or subsection 38(1) or (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.

Clause 16: New.

SCHEDULE

(Section 17)

SCHEDULE

(Sections 5.1, 5.2, 7.1 and 23.1)

PROHIBITED ADDITIVES

	Column 1	Column 2

Item	Additive	Tobacco Product


1.	Additives that have flavouring properties or that enhance flavour, including – additives identified as flavouring agents by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives in the Committee’s evaluations, as published from time to time in the WHO Technical Report Series – additives identified as flavouring substances by the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA) Expert Panel in its lists of GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) flavouring substances referred to as “GRAS 3” to “GRAS 24” and subsequent GRAS lists, as published from time to time, if any The following additives are excluded: – benzoic acid (CAS 65-85-0) and its salts – butylated hydroxytoluene (CAS 128-37-0) – citric acid (CAS 77-92-9) and its salts – fumaric acid (CAS 110-17-8) – glycerol (CAS 56-81-5) – guar gum (CAS 9000-30-0) – menthol (CAS 89-78-1) – l-menthol (CAS 2216-51-5) – l-menthone (CAS 14073-97-3) – propylene glycol (CAS 57-55-6) – sodium alginate (CAS 9005-38-3) – triacetin (CAS 102-76-1)	Cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps
2.	Amino acids	Cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps
3.	Caffeine	Cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps
4.	Colouring agents	Cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps
5.	Essential fatty acids	Cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps
6.	Fruits, vegetables or any product obtained from the processing of a fruit or vegetable	Cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps
7.	Glucuronolactone	Cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps
8.	Probiotics	Cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps
9.	Spices, seasonings and herbs	Cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps
10.	Sugars and sweeteners	Cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps
11.	Taurine	Cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps
12.	Vitamins and minerals	Cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps

Note: In column 1, “FAO” means Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; “WHO” means World Health Organization; “CAS” means Chemical Abstracts Service registry number.

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