Canada 1st country in the world to require warning labels on individual cigarettes

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On Tuesday in Canada, new regulations took effect that require health warning labels on individual cigarettes. “Poison in every puff” is one of them. Canada is the first country in the world to take this step and it’s part of the country’s goal to drop its nationwide tobacco use to less than 5% by 2035. Marco Werman speaks with Rob Cunningham, senior policy analyst at the Canadian Cancer Society. 

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