Warnings do not stop the dangers of smoking and its consequences, and they are constantly increasing but will soon enter an unprecedented turn.
North America will introduce an innovative way to curb the spread of smoking by putting labels warning of the dangers of this habit on every cigarette.
Canada will be the first country in the world to put a warning sign on the harmful effects of smoking on every cigarette consumed by smokers, according to CTV.
Ottawa is pursuing this action to combat two things: first, to reduce the demand for smoking, which says it kills 45,000 of its citizens annually; and secondly, combating organized crime, which is illegal tobacco is one of the main sources of funding.
He pointed to the television that the federal government is considering a new law requiring tobacco companies put warning tags not only on cigarette packs, but on the cigarettes themselves, to include different from those placed on the cans since 2012 messages, namely: "Smoking causes cancer."
According to Canadian television, a government document based on new research that found warnings directly on products such as cigarettes seems more effective in making it less attractive.
The proposed lawmakers hope to help discourage more Canadians from smoking, and hope to contribute to tracking illicitly manufactured cigarettes, one of the most troubling problems for the Canadian government.
Canadians pay between $ 70- $ 110 for every cigarette box made in the country, but a black-market fund can be bought on the black market for $ 20, which costs the Canadian treasury tens of millions of dollars a year.
Authorities say that extra-legal tobacco is one of the main sources of funding for organized crime in Canada.
