| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| International: Canada |
| globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne) |
| In Canada, a seven-year federal ban on tobacco advertising was invalidated by a |
| 5-to-4 Supreme Court of Canada decision that the ban violated the industry's |
| constitutional right to free speech. |
| Lancet, September 30, 1995, p. 893 |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| The government of British Columbia received $505 million from tobacco taxes and |
| $579 million from alcohol taxes in 1995. While it allocated more than $50 million to |
| address alcohol problems, only $350,000 went to fund tobacco control efforts. |
| Canadian Medical Association Journal, January 15, 1996, p. 163 |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| Cigarettes cost an average of five to six dollars a pack in Canada by 1991; taxes |
| averaged $3.72 per pack, or 18.6 cents per cigarette. |
| Canadian Medical Association Journal, July 1, 1991, p. 45 |
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| If the United States taxed cigarettes at the same level as Canada, $40 billion per year |
| in tax revenue would be collected, and 120,000 lives per year would eventually be |
| saved because of reduced consumption. |
| Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1993 |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| Every cigarette pack sold in Canada must carry one of eight explicit health warnings in |
| stark black and white on the top half of the front panel of every pack or box. The rotating warnings in French and English read: Smoking can kill you. Cigarettes are |
| addictive. Tobacco smoke causes fatal lung disease in nonsmokers. Smoking during |
| pregnancy can harm your baby. Cigarettes cause strokes and heart disease. |
| Cigarettes cause fatal lung disease. Tobacco smoke can harm your children. Cigarettes cause cancer. |
| American Medical News, October 3, 1994, p. 17 |
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