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A map and table comparing cigarette prices in Canada (March 2018)

A map and table comparing the average price of a carton of 200 cigarettes in Canada’s provinces and territories, as of March 2018. Pre-tax prices are calculated by using the Consumer Price Index and the CPI Intercity Price Index from Statistics Canada for a carton of 200 cigarettes in 2017. href="https://nsra-adnf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/180329_map_and_table.pdf"Download the Map

The Nexus Between Tobacco Manufacturers and Tobacco Retailers

The point-of-purchase is critical to tobacco sales. It is where the four Ps of a marketing plan—product, price, promotion, and place—unite and where, if successful, a shopper is converted into a buyer. Beginning in the early 1990s, as they faced growing restrictions on advertising and promotion, tobacco companies increasingly focused their attention and marketing...

Next Generation Products in Canada: An Update on Heated Tobacco

Earlier this year, the tobacco industry launched the first wave of next generation products (NGPs) onto the Canadian market. Unlike the United States, Canada does not require any kind of pre-market authorization prior to the introduction of new tobacco products. Last March Philip Morris International’s Canadian subsidiary, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges (RBH), launched iQOS,...

Strengthening Ontario’s Smoking and Vaping Laws: Summary of Proposed Regulation under Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017

The Smoking and Health Action Foundation provided feedback to the Ontario government regarding proposed regulations under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017 in March 2018.

Proposals to Amend the Tobacco Reporting Regulations

The Non-Smokers’ Rights Association made recommendations about eight proposals regarding tobacco reporting put forward by Health Canada. href="https://nsra-adnf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nsra-submission-tobacco-reporting-regulations-final.pdf" href="https://nsra-adnf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nsra-submission-tobacco-reporting-regulations-final.pdf"title="proptoamend" src="https://nsra-adnf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/proptoamend.jpg" alt="proptoamend" width="569" height="757" />

, An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers’ Health Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

The Non-Smokers’ Rights Association submitted 9 recommendations regarding Bill S-5 in February 2018. href="https://nsra-adnf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/feb.16-2018-nsra-s-5-priority-amendments-final.pdf" href="https://nsra-adnf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/feb.16-2018-nsra-s-5-priority-amendments-final.pdf"title="nsra-amends-s5" src="https://nsra-adnf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nsra-amends-s5.jpg" alt="nsra-amends-s5" width="662" height="840" />

Proposals for the Regulation of Vaping Products

We recognize both the potential reduced harm benefits for smokers that e-cigarettes offer, as well as the potential risks regarding youth access and uptake. It is imperative that the government strike the right regulatory balance to maximize the benefits and minimize risks to both individuals and public health. Much can be done to educate...

Philip Morris International and Foundation for a Smoke-Free World

Philip Morris International (PMI) has declared that it would like smokers to stop smoking and is “designing a smoke-free future.” In September 2017 the creation of the “Foundation for a Smoke-Free World” (FSFW) was announced to “accelerate global efforts to reduce health impacts and deaths from smoking, with the goal of ultimately eliminating smoking...

Toward the Legalization and Regulation of Access to Marijuana

The NSRA does not purport to have expertise on marijuana itself; however, there are similarities between tobacco and marijuana, and in the case of co-use, there is direct overlap. As such, there are lessons to be learned from 40 years of regulating tobacco and its disease vector—the tobacco industry. Our main messages are as...