Bill C-32

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

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

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 (1) The definition “package” in section 2 of the Tobacco Act is repealed.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” means an ingredient other than tobacco leaves.

“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” 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” means a roll or tubular construction that

(a) is intended for smoking;

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

(c) has a wrapper, or a binder and a wrapper, composed of natural or reconstituted tobacco; and

(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

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”.

(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:

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.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit the use of a colouring agent to depict a trade-mark on a tobacco product or to display a marking required under this or any other Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province or for any other prescribed purpose.

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

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.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit the sale of a tobacco product by reason only that the product contains a colouring agent used for a purpose referred to in subsection 5.1(2).

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

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.

(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:

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:

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:

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

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.

(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:

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.

(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:

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):

(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:

(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:

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:

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.

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:

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:

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

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.

(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.

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