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Legislation to ban flavoured cigarillos will protect health of children
Jump to full article: Canada Newswire (CNW) (ca), 2008-11-27
Author: CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY (ONTARIO DIVISION)
Intro: The Canadian Cancer Society urges the Ontario
government and all MPPs to support Bill 124, a private members bill that would
eliminate candy flavours in cigarillos and make 20 the minimum package size.
Cigarillos are available in candy flavours such as grape, chocolate and
ice cream, packaged in bright candy-like colours and sold one at a time for
one dollar or less, making them easily affordable for young people
experimenting with smoking. "Parents may not even be aware that these are
tobacco products," says Rowena Pinto, Senior Director, Public Affairs, Ontario
Division, Canadian Cancer Society.
"We hope the Ontario government does the right thing today and stops the
marketing of these tobacco products to young people. Marketing an addictive
cancer-causing product is threatening the health of our children," says Pinto.
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