Hygiena 2022, 67(3):116-117 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1816

Will Canada be first again?

Eva Králíková1, 2
1 Univerzita Karlova, 1. lékařská fakulta, III. interní klinika, Centrum pro závislé na tabáku a Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze, Praha, Česká republika
2 Univerzita Karlova, 1. lékařská fakulta, Ústav hygieny a epidemiologie a Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze, Praha, Česká republika

After Canada was the first country in the world to introduce pictorial warnings on cigarette packs, they now discuss a proposal to place a warning on each individual cigarette as well.

Keywords: health warning, cigarettes

Received: June 2022; Accepted: August 2, 2022; Published: September 15, 2022  Show citation

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