Health-related messages for all tobacco product packaging: Toxicity information
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- Cigarettes
- Little cigars, cigarette tobacco, and tubes
- Cigars, pipe tobacco and water pipe tobacco
- Chewing tobacco and snuff
- Tobacco products intended for use with devices and other tobacco products
The Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging and Labelling Regulations (TPAPLR) mandate health-related messages for all tobacco products, as follows:
- Health warnings on packages covering at least 75% of the primary display area of most tobacco product packages
- Health warnings on cigarettes, little cigars with tipping paper, and tubes; health warnings extending from one end of the product on cigarettes without tipping paper
- Health information messages on the inside of cigarettes, little cigars, and cigarette tobacco packages
- Toxicity information on the exterior surface of all packages
The TPAPLR also include a rotation scheme that alternates all health-related messages every 24 to 36 months depending on the product. The health-related messages for rotation 1 are provided here as reference.
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Toxicity Information – Cigarettes
Description – Toxicity Information
There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke.
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Description – Toxicity Information
Toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke can cause blood clots and strokes.
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Description – Toxicity Information
Puff after puff, you inhale more than 70 chemicals that can cause cancer.
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Description – Toxicity Information
There is cadmium in tobacco smoke and in batteries. It can cause lung cancer.
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Description – Toxicity Information
Children and non-smokers can get sick and die from exposure to tobacco smoke.
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Description – Toxicity Information
There are toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke. They can harm almost every organ in your body.
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Toxicity Information – Little cigars, cigarette tobacco, and tubes
Description – Toxicity Information
There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke.
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Description – Toxicity Information
Toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke can cause blood clots and strokes.
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Description – Toxicity Information
Puff after puff, you inhale more than 70 chemicals that can cause cancer.
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Description – Toxicity Information
There is cadmium in tobacco smoke and in batteries. It can cause lung cancer.
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Description – Toxicity Information
Children and non-smokers can get sick and die from exposure to tobacco smoke.
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Description – Toxicity Information
There are toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke. They can harm almost every organ in your body.
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Toxicity Information – Cigars, pipe tobacco and water pipe tobacco
Description - Toxicity information
There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke.
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Description - Toxicity information
Toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke can cause blood clots and strokes.
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Description - Toxicity information
There is cadmium in tobacco smoke and in batteries. It can cause lung cancer.
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Description - Toxicity information
There are toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke. They can harm almost every organ in your body.
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Toxicity Information – Chewing tobacco and snuff
Description - Toxicity Information
This product contains dozens of chemicals that can cause cancer.
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Description - Toxicity Information
This product contains nicotine. It is a highly addictive drug.
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Description - Toxicity Information
This product contains nitrosamines. These toxic chemicals can cause cancer.
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Description - Toxicity Information
This product contains arsenic, nickel, and cadmium. These chemicals can cause cancer.
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Toxicity Information – Tobacco products intended for use with devices and other tobacco products
Description - Toxicity Information
This product contains dozens of chemicals that can cause cancer.
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Description - Toxicity Information
This product contains nicotine. It is a highly addictive drug.
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Description - Toxicity Information
This product contains nitrosamines. These toxic chemicals can cause cancer.
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Description - Toxicity Information
This product contains arsenic, nickel, and cadmium. These chemicals can cause cancer.
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