Ultimate Hypocrisy: Tobacco companies fight tobacco taxes while hiking cigarette prices
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Ultimate Hypocrisy: Tobacco companies fight tobacco taxes while hiking cigarette prices

Action on Smoking and Health, Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control OTTAWA – New data supplied by Health Canada reveals that tobacco companies have repeatedly hiked cigarette prices for several years while simultaneously fighting off federal and provincial tobacco tax increases. The price increases amount…

Health Groups Demand Feds Clamp Down on E-cigarette Promotions
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Health Groups Demand Feds Clamp Down on E-cigarette Promotions

Action on Smoking & Health (Alberta), Coalition québécoise pour le contrôle du tabac, Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco, Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada Health groups are demanding that Health Canada crack down on the recent explosion of lifestyle advertising of e-cigarettes on television, social media and other settings. They are calling for stricter proper enforcement of the current…

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Health groups reconsider their support for Bill S-5

Action on Smoking and Health, Canadian Public Health Association Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control New developments lead some health groups to reconsider their support for Bill S-5 New evidence and recent developments regarding e-cigarettes have reinforced ongoing concerns regarding Bill S-5 (the “Tobacco and Vaping Products Act”), leading a number of tobacco control…