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aligns with the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC, taking place February 5-10 in Panama City, Panama. The report supports the FCTC's implementation, which mandates that all parties have health warnings covering at least 30% of the principal display areas and should cover at least 50% of the display areas, and may include picture warnings. Currently, the FCTC has 183 parties.

This marks the 8th Canadian Cancer Society international report on cigarette package health warnings, following previous publications in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2021.

Cigarette Package Health Warnings report in English
Cigarette Package Health Warnings report in French
Cigarette Package Health Warnings report in Spanish

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Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst, Canadian Cancer Society, Phone: +1-613-762-4624, Email: rob.cunningham@cancer.ca

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