Canadian Health Warnings Will Harm Your Favorite Business
Cigar aficionados of Canada! NOW is the time to take on the fight against overreaching regulations and restrictions. Health Canada is once again attacking your favorite cigar businesses. The new Health Warnings proposed will harm cigar retailers across the country. In July of 2022, Health Canada published, in the Canada Gazette, the new Health Warning (HW) regulations. These proposed changes to the Health Warnings comes only four months after Plain Packaging have come into effect! The proposal outlines several major changes that will further harm your favorite business' ability to sell premium cigars. These changes include:
➢ Propose a 75% HW front and back
➢ Tripling the number of HW images
➢ Restrictive placement issues further complicate
➢ Thematic messages – requiring the industry to coordinate each set of HWs. The rotation period between old and new is too short and will be subject to removal from retail.
➢ Introduce additional Toxic Information (TI) on the side of the package
➢ To apply to all packages, even if not for sale at retail
A major concern for PCA is the implementation of this legislation, which constantly moves packaging requirements, making it deliberately hard to comply. If the industry is unable to comply, tobacconists will not have any cigars to sell, and every segment of the industry will suffer. This proposal comes after a long string of anti-tobacco legislation over the past decade.
It is time that the industry and its supporters unite against proposals like these. Click the button below to contact your MP and make sure they oppose this business killing legislation! Click the link below, fill out the information and send the pre-written letter to your MP, make sure they know how this proposal will harm your business and the industry. Act now to make your voice heard!
Canadian Health Warnings Will Harm Your Favorite Business
Cigar aficionados of Canada! NOW is the time to take on the fight against overreaching regulations and restrictions. Health Canada is once again attacking your favorite cigar businesses. The new Health Warnings proposed will harm cigar retailers across the country. In July of 2022, Health Canada published, in the Canada Gazette, the new Health Warning (HW) regulations. These proposed changes to the Health Warnings comes only four months after Plain Packaging have come into effect! The proposal outlines several major changes that will further harm your favorite business' ability to sell premium cigars. These changes include:
➢ Propose a 75% HW front and back
➢ Tripling the number of HW images
➢ Restrictive placement issues further complicate
➢ Thematic messages – requiring the industry to coordinate each set of HWs. The rotation period between old and new is too short and will be subject to removal from retail.
➢ Introduce additional Toxic Information (TI) on the side of the package
➢ To apply to all packages, even if not for sale at retail
A major concern for PCA is the implementation of this legislation, which constantly moves packaging requirements, making it deliberately hard to comply. If the industry is unable to comply, tobacconists will not have any cigars to sell, and every segment of the industry will suffer. This proposal comes after a long string of anti-tobacco legislation over the past decade.
It is time that the industry and its supporters unite against proposals like these. Click the button below to contact your MP and make sure they oppose this business killing legislation! Click the link below, fill out the information and send the pre-written letter to your MP, make sure they know how this proposal will harm your business and the industry. Act now to make your voice heard!